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Tue, Jan 6, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 60% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT07015117031142
PHI09011113012234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 6:36OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Jared Cowen · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 8:59PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Mika Zibanejad scored
  2. 2. PHI Jakub Voracek scored
  3. 3. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  5. 5. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  6. 6. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
  7. 7. OTT Mike Hoffman stopped
  8. 8. PHI Brayden Schenn stopped
  9. 9. OTT Erik Karlsson stopped
  10. 10. PHI Wayne Simmonds scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:53PHIWayne Simmonds: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 14:25OTTMilan Michalek: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:08PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:33OTTDavid Legwand: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 3:44PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 3:44OTTColin Greening: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 13:59PHIAndrew MacDonald: Interference2 min
  8. P2 16:15OTTJared Cowen: Holding2 min
  9. P3 3:53PHIScott Laughton: Interference2 min
  10. P3 8:51OTTClarke MacArthur: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
42Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals2.1
84Shot attempts60
36Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
29Hits24
13Blocked shots27
6Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Turris – Stone7:44

    xG 0.41–0.06 (87%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Hoffman – Zibanejad11:28

    xG 0.48–0.36 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Turris – Chiasson4:49

    xG 0.20–0.12 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Michalek – Chiasson – Pageau4:38

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Gryba7:26

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Phillips – Karlsson7:28

    xG 0.17–0.09 (65%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Cowen – Ceci13:57

    xG 0.53–0.49 (52%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Schenn12:50

    xG 0.76–0.69 (52%)attempts 24–14goals 0–1

  2. Simmonds – Laughton – Raffl5:51

    xG 0.11–0.16 (41%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Read – Couturier9:30

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare4:46

    xG 0.07–0.20 (25%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Del Zotto11:24

    xG 0.50–0.40 (55%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Grossmann13:14

    xG 0.58–0.57 (51%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

  3. Grossmann – MacDonald2:13

    xG 0.04–0.07 (39%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

PHI 2.1 xGOTT 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #599 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 60% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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