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Tue, Oct 20, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Dallas Stars 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11411206232
PHI07013115135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:08DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:11DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Goligoski · Snap, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:57PHISean CouturierAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Matt Read · Deflected, 0.26 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:02DALJamie Benn: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 10:45DALTyler Seguin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 4:55DALAntoine Roussel: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:55DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 4:55PHISam Gagner: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 12:55DALAntoine Roussel: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 12:55PHIRyan White: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 12:55PHIRyan White: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 5:38DALJohnny Oduya: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 5:38PHIWayne Simmonds: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 13:51DALJason Spezza: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 17:52PHIMatt Read: Slashing2 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
47% to win54% to win
← DAL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHI
32Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals3.4
62Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won33
2Power plays4
14Penalty minutes10
30Hits37
12Blocked shots17
7Giveaways13
7Takeaways1

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. bestSharp – Benn – Seguin12:58

    xG 1.30–0.49 (73%)attempts 19–6goals 2–1

  2. Sceviour – Roussel – Faksa6:17

    xG 0.41–0.15 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Fiddler – Nichushkin10:21

    xG 0.48–0.53 (48%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Eakin – Janmark10:07

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg16:41

    xG 1.57–0.63 (71%)attempts 26–14goals 2–0

  2. Benn – Jokipakka12:04

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Demers14:29

    xG 0.50–0.78 (39%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Simmonds – Read – Couturier11:22

    xG 0.50–0.47 (51%)attempts 6–10goals 1–2

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl13:16

    xG 0.47–0.56 (46%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare7:57

    xG 0.59–0.76 (44%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Schenn – Laughton7:11

    xG 0.03–0.37 (8%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Gudas3:14

    xG 0.30–0.06 (83%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  2. Manning – Medvedev2:17

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Del Zotto5:01

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 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 3.4 xGDAL 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #990 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 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 58% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

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

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