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Wed, Nov 26, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 79% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0716111224
DET1731315525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:12DETStephen WeissAssists: Darren Helm, Jakub Kindl · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:31PHIClaude GirouxUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:18DETTomas JurcoAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Kyle Quincey · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:47DETPavel DatsyukPPGWGAssists: Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:39DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Darren Helm, Stephen Weiss · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–4
  6. P3 12:25PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:38DETHenrik ZetterbergENAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.63 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:28DETJonathan Ericsson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:08DETHenrik Zetterberg: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:35PHIMichael Raffl: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 4:59PHIClaude Giroux: Interference2 min
  5. P2 11:42PHIJakub Voracek: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:23DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  7. P2 14:53DETKyle Quincey: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 14:53PHISean Couturier: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 12:13DETNiklas Kronwall: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDET
24Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals3.2
47Shot attempts40
35Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
29Hits16
9Blocked shots11
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways4

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Schenn14:23

    xG 0.45–0.22 (67%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Laughton – Raffl10:36

    xG 0.43–0.46 (48%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Rinaldo – Bellemare5:47

    xG 0.18–0.23 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Umberger – Read – Couturier7:19

    xG 0.05–0.25 (17%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Del Zotto7:48

    xG 0.26–0.05 (83%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Grossmann2:10

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Grossmann11:10

    xG 0.17–0.22 (44%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Weiss – Helm7:38

    xG 0.57–0.11 (84%)attempts 6–4goals 2–0

  2. Franzen – Tatar – Sheahan9:25

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Jurco – Glendening8:18

    xG 0.23–0.09 (71%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist9:56

    xG 0.31–0.44 (41%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson14:09

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser13:26

    xG 0.29–0.33 (46%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Kindl – Ouellet11:11

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 4–7goals 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.

DET 3.2 xGPHI 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #530 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 79% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

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

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