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Fri, Dec 11, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 92% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI091605120
DAL018216110344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:23PHIShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:06DALMattias JanmarkAssists: Jason Spezza, Johnny Oduya · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:28DALAntoine RousselGWGAssists: Cody Eakin, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:07DALJamie BennENAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:27PHIWayne Simmonds: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 17:59PHIWayne Simmonds: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:15PHIMatt Read: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:33DALCody Eakin: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:12PHINick Schultz: Holding2 min
  6. P2 17:52PHIBrayden Schenn: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 19:56PHIMichael Del Zotto: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 12:34DALColton Sceviour: Hooking2 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDAL
20Shots on goal44
1.8Expected goals5.0
46Shot attempts86
27Faceoffs won39
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
30Hits17
24Blocked shots14
9Giveaways14
3Takeaways12

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. bestUmberger – White – Laughton4:18

    xG 0.22–0.05 (83%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Schenn5:10

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Schenn – Raffl6:16

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare2:31

    xG 0.02–0.35 (6%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Del Zotto – Gudas13:41

    xG 0.20–0.40 (33%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  2. Manning – Gostisbehere10:32

    xG 0.09–0.37 (20%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Medvedev2:41

    xG 0.31–0.60 (34%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Roussel – Eakin8:54

    xG 1.03–0.15 (87%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Eaves – Janmark9:46

    xG 0.70–0.03 (96%)attempts 22–5goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin9:47

    xG 0.73–0.11 (87%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Fiddler – Sceviour5:16

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Demers12:11

    xG 1.30–0.26 (83%)attempts 21–6goals 2–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg13:43

    xG 0.78–0.13 (86%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Jokipakka10:57

    xG 0.69–0.16 (81%)attempts 13–11goals 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.

DAL 5.0 xGPHI 1.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #668 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 92% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

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

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