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Mon, Dec 29, 2014·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 59% of the time.

ARI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01405213232
ARI1619210425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:26ARIShane DoanAssists: Antoine Vermette, Mikkel Boedker · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:31ARIAntoine VermetteAssists: Zbynek Michalek, Martin Erat · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:48ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPGWGAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P3 12:11PHIR.J. UmbergerAssists: Mark Streit, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:13PHIR.J. UmbergerAssists: Sean Couturier, Matt Read · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:32ARIAntoine VermetteENAssists: Martin Hanzal, Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.61 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 19:53PHIR.J. Umberger: High sticking2 min
  2. P3 2:02PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 6:02ARIMichael Stone: Holding2 min
  4. P3 13:09ARIDavid Moss: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIARI
32Shots on goal25
2.6Expected goals3.1
66Shot attempts45
37Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
50Hits52
9Blocked shots15
7Giveaways10
5Takeaways9

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. bestLecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare10:04

    xG 0.83–0.19 (81%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Read – Couturier11:27

    xG 0.58–0.11 (83%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Simmonds – Schenn – Laughton9:11

    xG 0.21–0.07 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl11:49

    xG 0.32–0.39 (45%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Coburn14:47

    xG 0.89–0.15 (85%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Schenn15:29

    xG 0.74–0.30 (71%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Grossmann16:37

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Chipchura – Rieder11:01

    xG 0.29–0.18 (61%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Vermette – Boedker11:57

    xG 0.22–0.36 (38%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Erat – Hanzal – Gagner11:30

    xG 0.16–0.61 (20%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – McMillan – Gaudet7:11

    xG 0.04–0.82 (5%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Ekman-Larsson15:59

    xG 0.45–0.33 (58%)attempts 12–14goals 2–0

  2. Gormley – Murphy11:37

    xG 0.14–0.20 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Stone18:51

    xG 0.31–1.50 (17%)attempts 12–23goals 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.

ARI 3.1 xGPHI 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #413 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 59% of the time.

ARI winsPHI wins

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

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