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Sat, Mar 8, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 53% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI0911221000331
TOR21401111011436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:21TORJake GardinerAssists: Troy Bodie · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:38TORNazem KadriAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:02PHIKimmo TimonenAssists: Jakub Voracek, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:19PHIKimmo TimonenAssists: Jakub Voracek · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:34TORMason RaymondAssists: Jay McClement, Troy Bodie · Snap, 0.25 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:28PHIBraydon CoburnAssists: Brayden Schenn, Michael Raffl · Slap, 0.23 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:21TORJoffrey LupulGWGAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 16:41TORPeter Holland: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 17:22PHIWayne Simmonds: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 3:26TORMason Raymond: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:19PHIJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:19TORFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 9:59PHIVincent Lecavalier: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 9:51PHIKimmo Timonen: Hooking2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITOR
31Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals2.8
85Shot attempts58
31Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
38Hits32
12Blocked shots30
13Giveaways11
4Takeaways15

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek14:33

    xG 0.94–0.18 (84%)attempts 27–10goals 2–0

  2. Simmonds – Read – Couturier3:04

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn11:48

    xG 0.26–0.45 (36%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  4. Read – Couturier – Raffl11:04

    xG 0.18–0.47 (28%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn15:57

    xG 0.97–0.60 (62%)attempts 26–12goals 3–0

  2. Streit – MacDonald7:22

    xG 0.02–0.10 (14%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann2:12

    xG 0.00–0.40 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak16:26

    xG 1.01–0.98 (51%)attempts 16–29goals 0–1

  2. Lupul – Kulemin – Kadri11:58

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  3. Bodie – Raymond – Holland9:19

    xG 0.05–0.15 (26%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Rielly9:04

    xG 0.49–0.11 (82%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Ranger – Rielly2:55

    xG 0.16–0.03 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Ranger – Gardiner2:47

    xG 0.16–0.09 (65%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

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.

TOR 2.8 xGPHI 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #82 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 53% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

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

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