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Thu, Feb 26, 2015·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 81% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI016015218249
TOR171218317

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:35TORPhil KesselAssists: Tyler Bozak · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:33TORTyler BozakAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:22TORDion PhaneufPPGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, Jake Gardiner · Slap, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:10PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Mark Streit · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:27PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Mark Streit, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.72 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 10:21PHIMark Streit: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:12TORTyler Bozak: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 18:14PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:43TORStephane Robidas: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:13TORNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 0:00PHIWayne Simmonds: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:07TORJoffrey Lupul: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 10:39PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 10:39TORPeter Holland: Roughing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 10:39TORPeter Holland: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 12:53TOROlli Jokinen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. P3 14:54PHIMichael Raffl: Hooking2 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 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITOR
49Shots on goal17
5.3Expected goals3.1
89Shot attempts37
36Faceoffs won28
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
30Hits40
10Blocked shots19
6Giveaways10
14Takeaways9

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. bestVandeVelde – Giroux – Voracek3:29

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Simmonds – Raffl6:52

    xG 0.40–0.12 (78%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – White – Schenn7:38

    xG 0.40–0.22 (65%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – Rinaldo – Bellemare3:50

    xG 0.15–0.10 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Schultz9:09

    xG 0.47–0.13 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Del Zotto12:38

    xG 0.53–0.25 (68%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Grossmann – MacDonald8:17

    xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSill – Holland – Kozun6:12

    xG 0.18–0.09 (68%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak9:22

    xG 0.38–0.63 (38%)attempts 6–17goals 2–0

  3. Jokinen – Booth – Komarov7:37

    xG 0.10–0.49 (17%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Kadri – Panik12:52

    xG 0.32–0.88 (27%)attempts 4–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Rielly11:25

    xG 0.62–0.29 (68%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Robidas – Gardiner9:54

    xG 0.25–0.42 (37%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Holzer10:49

    xG 0.20–0.98 (17%)attempts 4–17goals 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.

TOR 3.1 xGPHI 5.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #431 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TOR 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 81% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

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

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