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Sat, Mar 14, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Detroit Red Wings 2, Philadelphia Flyers 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 61% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET04118111233
PHI21516415736

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:22PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Mark Streit · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:07PHINicklas GrossmannAssists: Sean Couturier, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:14DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:39PHIBrayden SchennPPGWGAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.30 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:11PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–4
  6. P3 8:22PHIPierre-Edouard BellemareAssists: Zac Rinaldo, Vincent Lecavalier · Snap, 0.18 xG1–5
  7. P3 10:57DETErik ColePPAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Pavel Datsyuk · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:40PHIMatt ReadPPAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Carlo Colaiacovo · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–6
  9. P3 17:18PHIZac RinaldoAssists: Ryan White, Michael Raffl · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:10DETJustin Abdelkader: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:30DETNiklas Kronwall: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 9:33PHIWayne Simmonds: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:02DETPavel Datsyuk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:14PHINicklas Grossmann: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:45PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 12:45PHIWayne Simmonds: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 15:19DETDanny DeKeyser: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHI
33Shots on goal36
2.6Expected goals3.3
60Shot attempts67
35Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes16
19Hits39
22Blocked shots18
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways4

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Tatar – Sheahan7:16

    xG 0.91–0.47 (66%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  2. Cole – Zetterberg – Abdelkader11:10

    xG 0.65–0.30 (68%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Weiss – Miller – Glendening4:33

    xG 0.11–0.01 (89%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Tatar – Glendening2:25

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser9:46

    xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  2. Kronwall – Smith7:40

    xG 0.80–0.48 (63%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  3. Zidlicky – Ericsson3:45

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Schenn11:45

    xG 0.94–0.75 (56%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. White – Rinaldo – Raffl10:43

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare8:39

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Read – Couturier9:43

    xG 0.32–0.43 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Schenn13:27

    xG 0.78–0.42 (65%)attempts 21–11goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Schultz16:02

    xG 0.90–0.87 (51%)attempts 13–19goals 1–0

  3. Grossmann – MacDonald14:19

    xG 0.50–0.59 (46%)attempts 9–12goals 2–1

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.

PHI 3.3 xGDET 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #668 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 61% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

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

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