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Fri, Feb 19, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 61% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI11401218031237
MTL11001117032331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:56MTLDale WeiseAssists: Andrei Markov, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:06PHINick CousinsAssists: R.J. Umberger, Evgeny Medvedev · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:15PHIMichael RafflAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Scott Laughton · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:35MTLMax PaciorettyPPAssists: P.K. Subban, Dale Weise · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Alex Galchenyuk stopped
  2. 2. PHI Nick Cousins scored
  3. 3. MTL Sven Andrighetto stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  5. 5. MTL Max Pacioretty scored
  6. 6. PHI Wayne Simmonds stopped
  7. 7. MTL Lars Eller stopped
  8. 8. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  9. 9. MTL Paul Byron scored
  10. 10. PHI Brayden Schenn stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:44PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:32MTLSven Andrighetto: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:14PHIRyan White: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:45MTLAlexei Emelin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 11:42MTLTomas Plekanec: Interference2 min
  6. P2 19:36PHIClaude Giroux: Holding2 min
  7. P3 7:02PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0MTL
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against de la Rose
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
37Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals2.0
66Shot attempts62
37Faceoffs won39
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
27Hits38
22Blocked shots19
7Giveaways17
4Takeaways5

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. bestRead – Laughton – Raffl8:30

    xG 0.56–0.03 (94%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Simmonds – Schenn12:04

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  3. Umberger – Voracek – Cousins11:24

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  4. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare7:02

    xG 0.09–0.13 (39%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere13:35

    xG 0.66–0.08 (89%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Medvedev2:45

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Gudas3:22

    xG 0.08–0.05 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPacioretty – Eller – Andrighetto7:41

    xG 0.34–0.15 (70%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  2. Pacioretty – Eller – Weise5:30

    xG 0.16–0.05 (77%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Smith-Pelly – Lessio6:22

    xG 0.04–0.05 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Byron – Andrighetto – de la Rose2:26

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Emelin – Subban4:00

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Subban13:49

    xG 0.42–0.49 (46%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Emelin – Pateryn7:58

    xG 0.23–0.36 (39%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

MTL 2.0 xGPHI 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #314 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 61% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

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

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