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Mon, Feb 29, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Calgary Flames 3, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 50% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY16013213332
PHI1931317529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:07CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, TJ Brodie · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:25PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Claude Giroux, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:47PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:27PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:31PHIBrayden SchennPPGWGAssists: Mark Streit, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:17CGYMicheal FerlandAssists: Sam Bennett, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:07CGYMichael FrolikAssists: Joe Colborne, Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:23PHIWayne SimmondsENAssists: Michael Raffl, Nick Schultz · Wrist, 0.78 xG3–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:41PHIMichael Raffl: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:37PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:57CGYDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:25PHIEvgeny Medvedev: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:04PHISean Couturier: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 12:04CGYLance Bouma: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:55CGYDeryk Engelland: Boarding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 2:00CGYSam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 2:41PHIWayne Simmonds: Cross checking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPHI
32Shots on goal29
3.9Expected goals3.9
71Shot attempts64
28Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
34Hits20
23Blocked shots21
11Giveaways17
8Takeaways7

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Monahan – Jooris10:52

    xG 1.01–0.41 (71%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Ferland – Hathaway – Bennett9:48

    xG 0.54–0.31 (64%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Colborne10:38

    xG 0.36–0.15 (70%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  4. Stajan – Bouma – Bollig7:53

    xG 0.07–0.38 (15%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWotherspoon – Nakladal10:16

    xG 0.61–0.10 (86%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie15:15

    xG 0.85–0.75 (53%)attempts 12–16goals 2–2

  3. Engelland – Hamilton14:05

    xG 0.35–0.31 (53%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Simmonds – Schenn10:50

    xG 0.69–0.35 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Gagner – Couturier – Raffl10:49

    xG 0.36–0.60 (37%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Read – Cousins – Laughton7:58

    xG 0.04–0.43 (9%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare9:18

    xG 0.14–0.57 (20%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Medvedev2:06

    xG 0.12–0.01 (91%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Schultz14:17

    xG 0.46–0.50 (48%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Medvedev13:52

    xG 0.32–0.50 (39%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

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.

PHI 3.9 xGCGY 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #264 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 50% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

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

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