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Tue, Mar 3, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Calgary Flames 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 76% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY112150712326
PHI01001221500237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:30CGYSean MonahanAssists: Mason Raymond, Jiri Hudler · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:58CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Lance Bouma, Emile Poirier · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:53PHISean CouturierAssists: Ryan White · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:15PHIMark StreitAssists: Michael Raffl, Claude Giroux · Deflected, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:23CGYJiri HudlerGWGAssists: TJ Brodie, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 7:43PHIMichael Raffl: Interference2 min
  2. P2 13:24CGYJoe Colborne: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 18:27CGYMason Raymond: Closing hand on puck2 min
  4. P3 1:10PHIMichael Del Zotto: High sticking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPHI
26Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals3.6
53Shot attempts86
27Faceoffs won41
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
37Hits35
33Blocked shots12
10Giveaways8
7Takeaways1

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Jones – Backlund – Bouma14:59

    xG 0.75–0.75 (50%)attempts 20–25goals 0–0

  2. Colborne – Gaudreau – Jooris6:13

    xG 0.03–0.10 (23%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Shore – Ferland – Poirier4:55

    xG 0.03–0.15 (15%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Shore – Gaudreau – Poirier2:43

    xG 0.02–0.21 (7%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Potter – Diaz5:29

    xG 0.20–0.22 (47%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Brodie20:28

    xG 0.40–0.71 (36%)attempts 15–25goals 1–1

  3. Wideman – Russell22:10

    xG 1.15–1.56 (43%)attempts 21–37goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestUmberger – White – Schenn8:36

    xG 0.61–0.17 (78%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Simmonds – Raffl13:47

    xG 0.74–0.44 (62%)attempts 27–8goals 0–1

  3. Voracek – Read – Couturier12:00

    xG 0.48–0.34 (59%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare4:53

    xG 0.03–0.44 (7%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Del Zotto6:05

    xG 0.58–0.03 (95%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Colaiacovo – Schenn3:40

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – MacDonald10:38

    xG 0.61–0.44 (58%)attempts 15–14goals 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 3.6 xGCGY 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #369 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 76% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

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

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