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Tue, Mar 18, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI270110502225
PHI2140601413337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:29CHIAndrew ShawAssists: Michal Handzus, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:51CHIDuncan KeithAssists: Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa · Slap, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P1 5:48PHIScott HartnellAssists: Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 16:27PHIScott HartnellAssists: Claude Giroux, Matt Read · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:55PHIClaude GirouxGWGAssists: Mark Streit · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 7:08PHIMichael Raffl: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:33CHIBrandon Bollig: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:23CHIMarcus Kruger: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 3:10PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:10CHISheldon Brookbank: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 14:08CHIMarian Hossa: Holding2 min
  7. P2 16:42PHINicklas Grossmann: Holding2 min
  8. P3 0:53CHIBryan Bickell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 4:14CHIAndrew Shaw: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 7:20PHIAndrew MacDonald: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 13:52CHIBryan Bickell: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 13:52PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 13:52PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 13:52CHIBryan Bickell: Slashing2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIPHI
25Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals4.1
49Shot attempts71
32Faceoffs won32
3Power plays5
22Penalty minutes18
21Hits34
14Blocked shots12
8Giveaways9
5Takeaways2

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Handzus – Sharp – Shaw5:27

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Bickell – Kane – Smith8:34

    xG 0.29–0.37 (44%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Regin – Kruger – Bollig4:48

    xG 0.08–0.38 (17%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Versteeg – Toews12:06

    xG 0.28–1.40 (17%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Keith – Hjalmarsson2:42

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Leddy2:22

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Seabrook3:00

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Read – Couturier3:00

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Downie – Read – Couturier6:43

    xG 0.65–0.20 (77%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn6:43

    xG 0.29–0.25 (53%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:17

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Grossmann3:01

    xG 0.74–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn10:48

    xG 0.90–0.21 (81%)attempts 16–6goals 1–1

  3. MacDonald – Schenn10:12

    xG 0.74–0.34 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

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.

PHI 4.1 xGCHI 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #386 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

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

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