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Sat, Oct 18, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Philadelphia Flyers 6, Dallas Stars 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI21401031112637
DAL110381500523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:32DALTrevor DaleyPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:16PHISean CouturierAssists: R.J. Umberger, Andrew MacDonald · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:09PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Luke Schenn, Steve Mason · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:46DALErik ColeAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Patrick Eaves · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:33DALTrevor DaleyPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza · Snap, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:29DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza · Snap, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:32PHIAndrew MacDonaldPPAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Matt Read · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 14:14PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Nick Schultz, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.23 xG4–4
  9. P3 14:54DALJason SpezzaAssists: Jordie Benn, Tyler Seguin · Backhand, 0.34 xG4–5
  10. P3 16:07PHIMichael RafflAssists: Jakub Voracek, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–5
  11. OT 2:49PHIClaude GirouxPPGWGAssists: Mark Streit, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.09 xG6–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:42DALTyler Seguin: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:51PHIBlair Jones: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:05DALJamie Benn: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:17PHIJakub Voracek: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:34PHIMatt Read: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 6:39DALJordie Benn: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:56DALJamie Benn: Closing hand on puck2 min
  8. OT 2:09DALTrevor Daley: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDAL
37Shots on goal23
3.3Expected goals2.8
83Shot attempts47
42Faceoffs won27
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
20Hits25
9Blocked shots25
5Giveaways13
5Takeaways8

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 – Bellemare10:25

    xG 0.75–0.41 (65%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl12:35

    xG 0.73–0.39 (65%)attempts 19–8goals 2–1

  3. VandeVelde – Jones – Rinaldo4:33

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  4. Umberger – Read – Couturier10:08

    xG 0.18–1.37 (11%)attempts 5–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Schultz16:08

    xG 1.13–0.30 (79%)attempts 27–9goals 2–1

  2. Schenn – Del Zotto11:13

    xG 0.74–0.28 (73%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Del Zotto2:15

    xG 0.01–0.45 (3%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Benn – Seguin12:58

    xG 1.39–0.68 (67%)attempts 17–15goals 2–1

  2. Hemsky – Fiddler – McKenzie9:50

    xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Cole – Horcoff – Eaves7:33

    xG 0.15–0.61 (19%)attempts 3–9goals 1–1

  4. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt12:34

    xG 0.12–0.66 (15%)attempts 6–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Connauton2:55

    xG 1.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Connauton2:00

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Connauton – Dillon8:53

    xG 0.35–0.32 (53%)attempts 11–9goals 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.

DAL 2.8 xGPHI 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 100/100 · #2 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.25 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 59% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

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

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