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Thu, Feb 27, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

San Jose Sharks 7, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 72% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS1551618729
PHI21008112330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 4:25SJSRaffi TorresAssists: Andrew Desjardins, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:36PHIAndrej MeszarosAssists: Steve Downie, Matt Read · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:58PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Wayne Simmonds · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:23SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:12SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P2 10:47SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Patrick Marleau, Jason Demers · Snap, 0.41 xG4–2
  7. P2 14:10SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Matt Irwin, Joe Thornton · Snap, 0.12 xG5–2
  8. P2 19:57SJSRaffi TorresAssists: Mike Brown, Andrew Desjardins · Wrist, 0.30 xG6–2
  9. P3 4:50SJSLogan CoutureSHAssists: Tommy Wingels · Backhand, 0.16 xG7–2
  10. P3 12:12PHIMatt ReadAssists: Sean Couturier, Nicklas Grossmann · Tip-in, 0.10 xG7–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:44PHIMark Streit: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 18:24SJSAdam Burish: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:07SJSDan Boyle: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:48PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:19SJSScott Hannan: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:53PHIScott Hartnell: Delaying game2 min
  7. P3 4:05SJSMatt Irwin: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 5:45PHISteve Downie: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 7:30SJSJustin Braun: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 17:47PHIScott Hartnell: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 17:47PHIScott Hartnell: Misconduct10 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPHI
29Shots on goal30
3.4Expected goals2.1
57Shot attempts51
38Faceoffs won36
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes20
13Hits19
11Blocked shots10
3Giveaways6
1Takeaways1

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Havlat – Couture9:04

    xG 0.75–0.18 (80%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  2. Torres – Brown – Desjardins6:37

    xG 0.64–0.49 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 2–1

  3. Burish – Wingels – Nieto10:05

    xG 0.48–0.57 (46%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Demers12:17

    xG 1.28–0.66 (66%)attempts 18–11goals 2–3

  2. Boyle – Vlasic8:05

    xG 0.68–0.06 (91%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Braun – Irwin7:33

    xG 0.03–0.60 (4%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:34

    xG 0.62–0.61 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Downie – Read – Couturier9:26

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Hall – Rinaldo – Raffl4:40

    xG 0.07–0.24 (22%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  4. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn9:58

    xG 0.27–0.62 (30%)attempts 5–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Grossmann12:49

    xG 0.61–0.19 (77%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  2. Streit – Meszaros11:20

    xG 0.38–0.76 (33%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – Gustafsson15:18

    xG 0.30–1.22 (20%)attempts 8–17goals 1–2

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

PHI 2.1 xGSJS 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHISJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #334 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 72% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

Simulated goal difference (PHI − SJS), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).