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Sat, Mar 21, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Edmonton Oilers 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 61% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI3110711003431
EDM3111110913534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:51EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Jordan Eberle · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:25PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:00PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:17PHIRyan WhiteAssists: Zac Rinaldo · Snap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P1 16:15EDMTeddy PurcellAssists: Derek Roy · Snap, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P1 19:29EDMMatt HendricksAssists: Boyd Gordon, Andrew Ference · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P2 1:11EDMJordan EberleAssists: Benoit Pouliot, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 0:46PHIMichael RafflAssists: Jakub Voracek, Mark Streit · Snap, 0.03 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:46EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Nikita Nikitin, Taylor Hall · Backhand, 0.19 xG4–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:39PHINicklas Grossmann: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:08EDMTaylor Hall: Interference2 min
  3. P1 10:53EDMAndrew Miller: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:46EDMBen Scrivens: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 14:44PHINicklas Grossmann: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:09PHIJakub Voracek: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 1:08EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:33PHIWayne Simmonds: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bellemare won the faceoff against Lander
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIEDM
31Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals3.3
57Shot attempts69
31Faceoffs won22
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits28
19Blocked shots17
8Giveaways18
4Takeaways7

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl11:16

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 17–10goals 2–1

  2. White – Rinaldo – Cousins6:30

    xG 0.26–0.23 (54%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Simmonds – Read – Couturier9:36

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. VandeVelde – Schenn – Bellemare7:56

    xG 0.24–0.69 (26%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Colaiacovo4:10

    xG 0.50–0.05 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Del Zotto5:29

    xG 0.33–0.02 (94%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Colaiacovo – MacDonald8:30

    xG 0.16–0.17 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins12:15

    xG 0.67–0.09 (89%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer9:02

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  3. Roy – Purcell – Yakupov9:26

    xG 0.10–0.21 (31%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

  4. Lander – Hall – Miller8:43

    xG 0.53–0.77 (41%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Klefbom15:11

    xG 0.77–0.24 (76%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Ference – Marincin11:49

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

  3. Nikitin – Schultz2:23

    xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

EDM 3.3 xGPHI 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #48 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 61% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).