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Wed, Mar 25, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 77% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI011014110135
PHI11329111433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:20PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Matt Read, Nick Schultz · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:09PHIRyan WhiteGWGAssists: Carlo Colaiacovo, Nicklas Grossmann · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:58PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Michael Del Zotto · Deflected, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:24CHIAndrew ShawPPAssists: Duncan Keith, Brandon Saad · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:55PHIMichael RafflPPAssists: Matt Read, Michael Del Zotto · Snap, 0.06 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P3 2:10PHICarlo Colaiacovo: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 5:19CHIDaniel Carcillo: Fighting5 min
  3. P3 5:19PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 6:03PHIMichael Del Zotto: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 9:06CHIKris Versteeg: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 14:44CHIJonathan Toews: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIPHI
35Shots on goal33
2.2Expected goals3.8
63Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
15Hits24
14Blocked shots16
8Giveaways9
4Takeaways6

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Carcillo – Versteeg4:34

    xG 0.22–0.06 (79%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Shaw – Saad6:11

    xG 0.54–0.49 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Kruger – Nordstrom – Shaw2:52

    xG 0.19–0.14 (57%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

  4. Desjardins – Kruger – Nordstrom3:02

    xG 0.10–0.13 (43%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Hjalmarsson17:12

    xG 0.86–0.68 (56%)attempts 25–13goals 0–1

  2. Rozsival – Keith19:21

    xG 0.88–1.37 (39%)attempts 23–23goals 0–2

  3. Timonen – Seabrook15:01

    xG 0.35–0.90 (28%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVandeVelde – Schenn – Bellemare10:31

    xG 0.87–0.19 (82%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Read – Couturier9:49

    xG 0.78–0.27 (74%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl15:59

    xG 0.85–0.65 (57%)attempts 21–21goals 1–0

  4. White – Rinaldo – Cousins8:00

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Grossmann15:13

    xG 1.44–0.15 (91%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – MacDonald12:43

    xG 0.55–0.45 (55%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Del Zotto2:49

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 3–4goals 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 3.8 xGCHI 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #919 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 77% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

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

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