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Thu, Apr 10, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% of the time.

TBL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01211519236
TBL11001139430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:00TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Steven Stamkos, Michael Kostka · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:39PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:33TBLRichard PanikAssists: Victor Hedman, Michael Kostka · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:43TBLEric BrewerGWGAssists: Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:22PHISean CouturierAssists: Mark Streit · Backhand, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:14TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:51TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:32PHIScott Hartnell: Interference2 min
  3. P2 12:47PHIAndrew MacDonald: Interference2 min
  4. P2 18:11TBLTyler Johnson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:35TBLAndrej Sustr: Interference2 min
  6. P3 13:19PHIScott Hartnell: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITBL
36Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals2.2
62Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
13Hits16
9Blocked shots16
6Giveaways8
2Takeaways5

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. bestSimmonds – Schenn – Raffl7:22

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Lecavalier – Hall – McGinn7:21

    xG 0.64–0.40 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:53

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Read – Couturier2:20

    xG 0.16–0.02 (89%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – MacDonald15:49

    xG 0.98–0.27 (78%)attempts 23–9goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn12:53

    xG 0.62–0.28 (69%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Coburn – MacDonald3:41

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Johnson – Palat8:45

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 12–4goals 2–1

  2. Pyatt – Kucherov – Brown8:22

    xG 0.21–0.06 (77%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Callahan – Killorn10:59

    xG 0.11–0.33 (25%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Purcell – Panik9:11

    xG 0.37–0.69 (35%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hedman – Gudas2:49

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Kostka10:37

    xG 0.46–0.53 (47%)attempts 8–14goals 3–1

  3. Hedman – Sustr14:18

    xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 10–9goals 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.

TBL 2.2 xGPHI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #608 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 60% of the time.

TBL winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).