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Thu, Mar 3, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Edmonton Oilers 4, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1142918431
PHI06016013035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:20EDMNail YakupovGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:22EDMTaylor HallUnassisted · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:11EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Adam Pardy, Brandon Davidson · Snap, 0.43 xG3–0
  4. P3 11:59EDMLauri KorpikoskiSHAssists: Mark Letestu · Snap, 0.10 xG4–0
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 13:49PHINick Schultz: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:09EDMZack Kassian: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:08EDMAdam Clendening: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 9:24EDMAnton Lander: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:03EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:16EDMPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 7:16PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 7:16PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 7:16EDMAdam Pardy: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 11:17EDMZack Kassian: High sticking double minor4 min
  11. P3 15:46EDMZack Kassian: High sticking2 min
  12. P3 15:46EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 15:46EDMZack Kassian: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 15:46PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 15:46PHIRadko Gudas: Misconduct10 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMPHI
31Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals3.6
49Shot attempts83
20Faceoffs won44
1Power plays7
30Penalty minutes18
23Hits24
28Blocked shots12
5Giveaways10
7Takeaways3

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Yakupov – McDavid8:54

    xG 0.99–0.14 (88%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Maroon – Hall – Draisaitl5:37

    xG 1.22–0.40 (76%)attempts 7–9goals 2–0

  3. Kassian – Hall – Draisaitl4:59

    xG 0.43–0.04 (91%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Cracknell – Lander6:10

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPardy – Davidson13:26

    xG 1.83–0.10 (95%)attempts 17–9goals 2–0

  2. Sekera – Fayne11:07

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  3. Clendening – Nurse11:58

    xG 0.26–0.67 (28%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestRead – Cousins – Laughton3:02

    xG 0.14–0.02 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Cousins – Raffl3:49

    xG 0.11–0.03 (76%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare6:56

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Read – Couturier – Laughton7:05

    xG 0.02–0.23 (9%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Schultz11:00

    xG 0.62–0.44 (58%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Medvedev13:06

    xG 0.27–1.16 (19%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Gostisbehere12:06

    xG 0.20–1.24 (14%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

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 3.6 xGEDM 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1129 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

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

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