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Sat, Nov 8, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Colorado Avalanche 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

PHI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0909321339
PHI11131006427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:57PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:48PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:24PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Matt Read, Nick Schultz · Wrist, 0.39 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:22PHIClaude GirouxPPGWGAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–4
  5. P3 2:29COLMax TalbotUnassisted · Slap, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:46COLAlex TanguayAssists: Tyson Barrie, Dennis Everberg · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:38COLZach RedmondAssists: Max Talbot, Cody McLeod · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:25COLZach Redmond: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:42PHINick Schultz: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:07COLNathan MacKinnon: Boarding5 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:06COLJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:06PHIBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 14:40COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:05COLNate Guenin: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 0:00PHIWayne Simmonds: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 8:53PHIBraydon Coburn: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P3 17:11PHIBraydon Coburn: Holding2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLPHI
39Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals3.4
62Shot attempts54
36Faceoffs won31
4Power plays6
16Penalty minutes13
28Hits21
17Blocked shots13
8Giveaways7
3Takeaways5

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – O'Reilly – Duchene11:45

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Talbot – McLeod – Cliche5:52

    xG 0.13–0.12 (52%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Tanguay – Mitchell – Everberg9:02

    xG 0.16–0.23 (41%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Iginla – Landeskog – MacKinnon8:46

    xG 0.38–1.17 (25%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRedmond – Barrie3:27

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Holden – Redmond9:04

    xG 0.12–0.13 (48%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Barrie8:21

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Read – Couturier9:04

    xG 1.29–0.18 (88%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. VandeVelde – Rinaldo – Bellemare4:38

    xG 0.09–0.09 (51%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds12:03

    xG 0.49–0.52 (48%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  4. Lecavalier – Umberger – VandeVelde3:15

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Del Zotto8:09

    xG 1.09–0.30 (78%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Schultz6:57

    xG 0.24–0.07 (78%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  3. Coburn – Del Zotto4:04

    xG 0.27–0.16 (63%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

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 3.4 xGCOL 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #194 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 58% of the time.

PHI winsCOL wins

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

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