Skip to content
Ice Lab

Tue, Mar 10, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Dallas Stars 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 74% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL19016114239
PHI1140705126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:13PHILuke SchennAssists: Carlo Colaiacovo, Jakub Voracek · Deflected, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:23DALBrett RitchieAssists: Curtis McKenzie, Jordie Benn · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 13:50DALVernon FiddlerGWGAssists: Colton Sceviour, Ryan Garbutt · Tip-in, 0.20 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:29PHIZac Rinaldo: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:17DALColton Sceviour: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 1:39PHIBrayden Schenn: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 2:45DALAles Hemsky: Closing hand on puck2 min
  5. P2 0:00DALJason Spezza: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 10:49PHIRyan White: Illegal check to head2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackPHI attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHI
39Shots on goal26
4.4Expected goals2.9
63Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
32Hits31
17Blocked shots14
5Giveaways7
5Takeaways3

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Hemsky – Roussel9:05

    xG 0.84–0.39 (68%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Eaves – Benn – Seguin10:05

    xG 0.79–0.47 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – McKenzie – Ritchie10:25

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Fiddler – Sceviour – Garbutt8:17

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Nemeth12:27

    xG 1.05–0.39 (73%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Jokipakka – Oleksiak11:11

    xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg13:49

    xG 0.87–0.53 (62%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Schenn13:13

    xG 1.24–0.56 (69%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. White – Rinaldo – Raffl6:56

    xG 0.12–0.43 (21%)attempts 6–4goals 0–2

  3. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare9:51

    xG 0.06–0.82 (7%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Read – Couturier8:45

    xG 0.25–1.30 (16%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Colaiacovo – Schenn12:28

    xG 0.48–0.46 (51%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Streit – Colaiacovo2:37

    xG 0.35–0.61 (37%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  3. Grossmann – MacDonald14:03

    xG 0.31–0.64 (33%)attempts 7–15goals 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 2.9 xGDAL 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #748 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 74% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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