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Sun, Jan 17, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI01105114012231
DET01011304031130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:25DETNiklas KronwallAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Pavel Datsyuk · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:24PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  2. 2. PHI Wayne Simmonds stopped
  3. 3. DET Pavel Datsyuk scored
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  5. 5. DET Brad Richards stopped
  6. 6. PHI Jakub Voracek scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:20PHIRyan White: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  2. P1 16:09DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  3. P2 8:17PHIRadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  4. P2 10:17DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 10:17PHIEvgeny Medvedev: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 4:39PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:13DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  8. P3 10:00DETMike Green: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 10:24DETNiklas Kronwall: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 19:55DETBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 19:58PHIWayne Simmonds: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0DET
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDET
31Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals2.6
49Shot attempts69
29Faceoffs won21
5Power plays4
18Penalty minutes12
16Hits20
16Blocked shots9
4Giveaways7
2Takeaways6

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. Schenn – Couturier – Raffl10:29

    xG 0.18–0.14 (57%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds11:53

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. Umberger – Read – Laughton6:14

    xG 0.17–0.23 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – VandeVelde – Bellemare2:58

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Gostisbehere2:18

    xG 0.28–0.11 (71%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Schultz12:36

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Gudas13:22

    xG 0.08–0.32 (20%)attempts 5–14goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Datsyuk – Larkin2:44

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Sheahan – Larkin5:25

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist8:45

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Pulkkinen – Jurco – Glendening4:35

    xG 0.06–0.06 (50%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Smith12:41

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson11:17

    xG 0.32–0.16 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser13:13

    xG 0.35–0.27 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

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.

DET 2.6 xGPHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #514 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).