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Sat, Feb 20, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 74% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI2121111411528
TOR151821100424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:29TORShawn MatthiasAssists: Nick Spaling · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:56PHISam GagnerAssists: Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:35PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Scott Laughton, Michael Raffl · Snap, 0.43 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:57PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Radko Gudas, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:57TORNick SpalingAssists: Nazem Kadri, Roman Polak · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:16TORPeter HollandAssists: Nazem Kadri · Snap, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:32TORByron FroeseAssists: Rich Clune, Brad Boyes · Backhand, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 5:04PHIMatt ReadAssists: Michael Raffl, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.08 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:29PHIShayne GostisbehereGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.20 xG5–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 14:05PHIRyan White: Slashing2 min
  2. P3 1:04PHIWayne Simmonds: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 6:17TORMorgan Rielly: 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 SOG0TOR
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cousins won the faceoff against Arcobello
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITOR
28Shots on goal24
2.4Expected goals1.2
51Shot attempts50
38Faceoffs won35
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
36Hits46
17Blocked shots10
8Giveaways12
11Takeaways7

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 – Raffl10:51

    xG 0.55–0.18 (76%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  2. Gagner – Simmonds – Schenn13:21

    xG 0.35–0.13 (73%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  3. Umberger – Voracek – Cousins11:17

    xG 0.10–0.20 (34%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

  4. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare10:50

    xG 0.18–0.37 (33%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Schultz12:32

    xG 0.84–0.15 (85%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  2. Gudas – Medvedev13:51

    xG 0.63–0.44 (59%)attempts 15–10goals 2–1

  3. MacDonald – Gostisbehere15:45

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Clune – Froese9:44

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Winnik – Grabner – Kadri10:09

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Grabner – Kadri – Holland4:19

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 4–5goals 1–1

  4. Parenteau – Greening – Arcobello11:52

    xG 0.12–0.21 (36%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Rielly2:20

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Marincin – Rielly10:17

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  3. Corrado – Loov3:23

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

TOR 1.2 xGPHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #31 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.58 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TOR 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 74% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

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

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