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Sat, Nov 21, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 68% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI010013013036
OTT1721618431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:16OTTMika ZibanejadGWGAssists: Cody Ceci, Mike Hoffman · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:22OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:25OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Zack Smith, Curtis Lazar · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 1:36OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.04 xG0–4
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 2:08OTTAlex Chiasson: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:08PHISam Gagner: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 2:08PHISam Gagner: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 2:08PHISam Gagner: Instigator misconduct10 min
  5. P1 8:56OTTMike Hoffman: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 12:45OTTChris Wideman: Holding2 min
  7. P1 16:52PHIMatt Read: Holding2 min
  8. P2 12:39OTTChris Neil: Instigator misconduct10 min
  9. P2 12:39PHIBrandon Manning: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 12:39OTTChris Neil: Instigator2 min
  11. P2 12:39OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 15:31PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  13. P2 15:31OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  14. P2 19:35PHIRadko Gudas: High sticking2 min
  15. P3 7:25OTTCody Ceci: Interference2 min
  16. P3 19:50OTTMark Stone: Slashing2 min
  17. P3 19:50PHIBrandon Manning: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
36Shots on goal31
2.9Expected goals2.0
81Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won38
4Power plays3
33Penalty minutes35
26Hits25
12Blocked shots29
10Giveaways17
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. bestVandeVelde – Raffl – Bellemare7:51

    xG 0.42–0.16 (73%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Read – Couturier8:58

    xG 0.21–0.07 (75%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  3. Gagner – Read – Couturier2:03

    xG 0.16–0.03 (84%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Schenn10:37

    xG 0.11–0.56 (17%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Gudas14:43

    xG 0.70–0.31 (69%)attempts 22–9goals 0–1

  2. Schultz – Schenn11:30

    xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Del Zotto2:58

    xG 0.02–0.15 (12%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Smith – Lazar5:20

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Hoffman9:22

    xG 0.17–0.20 (45%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  3. Michalek – Chiasson – Pageau7:43

    xG 0.12–0.17 (42%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Stone – Zibanejad – Puempel9:37

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCowen – Wideman2:08

    xG 0.12–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Wideman9:13

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson15:16

    xG 0.54–0.44 (55%)attempts 15–21goals 1–0

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.

OTT 2.0 xGPHI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1133 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 68% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

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

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