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Thu, Nov 20, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Minnesota Wild 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 68% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0617216329
PHI014113112239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:59MINNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Mathew Dumba, Marco Scandella · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:31PHIMark StreitAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:42MINMarco ScandellaAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Mikael Granlund · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:30PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:14MINJason ZuckerGWGAssists: Ryan Suter, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 8:32PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:16PHINick Schultz: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 17:10MINKeith Ballard: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:10PHIR.J. Umberger: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 0:00MINMikko Koivu: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  6. P2 9:06PHIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 12:06PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 15:01MINKeith Ballard: Interference2 min
  9. P2 19:15PHINicklas Grossmann: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 6:40PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 6:40MINRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 16:04MINNate Prosser: Closing hand on puck2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHI
29Shots on goal39
2.2Expected goals3.2
43Shot attempts72
29Faceoffs won31
5Power plays3
10Penalty minutes14
28Hits26
24Blocked shots6
7Giveaways6
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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Zucker – Coyle10:21

    xG 0.37–0.12 (75%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Granlund – Niederreiter – Fontaine2:53

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Parise – Granlund5:05

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Haula – Fontaine2:16

    xG 0.01–0.05 (22%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Prosser7:59

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Ballard – Dumba5:54

    xG 0.04–0.02 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon13:32

    xG 0.54–0.53 (51%)attempts 15–17goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Schenn11:59

    xG 0.56–0.11 (84%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  2. Lecavalier – Umberger – Laughton6:55

    xG 0.40–0.17 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – Rinaldo – Bellemare3:42

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Read – Couturier7:53

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Grossmann10:05

    xG 0.58–0.19 (75%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Coburn13:27

    xG 0.55–0.24 (70%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Streit – MacDonald3:22

    xG 0.25–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 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.

PHI 3.2 xGMIN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #228 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 68% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

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

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