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Sat, Apr 11, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT151819322
PHI01411605135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:06OTTMark StonePPAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:23PHIMatt ReadAssists: Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:18OTTJean-Gabriel PageauGWGAssists: Curtis Lazar, Marc Methot · Backhand, 0.26 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:49OTTMark StoneUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:14PHIMichael Raffl: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:29OTTMark Borowiecki: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 18:24PHINicklas Grossmann: Holding2 min
  4. P2 5:06OTTKyle Turris: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:06PHIBrayden Schenn: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 16:52PHIJason Akeson: Holding2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
22Shots on goal35
2.1Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
28Hits36
10Blocked shots20
5Giveaways12
9Takeaways2

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCondra – Pageau – Lazar11:05

    xG 0.67–0.32 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  2. Legwand – Smith – Chiasson7:52

    xG 0.25–0.06 (79%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Turris – Stone10:40

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Chiasson – Zibanejad3:09

    xG 0.01–0.08 (11%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson18:15

    xG 0.73–0.43 (63%)attempts 19–17goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Borowiecki11:57

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  3. Wiercioch – Ceci12:21

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl11:11

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare10:07

    xG 0.18–0.14 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Read – Couturier10:10

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Rinaldo – Akeson – Cousins8:16

    xG 0.10–0.26 (29%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Del Zotto13:08

    xG 0.22–0.04 (86%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Colaiacovo – Manning12:55

    xG 0.50–0.37 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Streit – Grossmann13:32

    xG 0.47–0.38 (55%)attempts 14–8goals 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 2.4 xGOTT 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #852 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 57% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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