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Wed, Apr 6, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI06012012030
DET1911017326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:57DETDarren HelmGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:15DETAndreas AthanasiouSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:17DETKyle QuinceyENAssists: Jimmy Howard · Slap, 0.35 xG0–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 11:30PHIJakub Voracek: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:32DETTomas Jurco: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:34PHIClaude Giroux: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:34DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 2:06DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:28PHIRadko Gudas: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 12:13DETPavel Datsyuk: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 17:54PHIMichael Raffl: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 8:06DETDanny DeKeyser: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 10:45PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 10:45DETDanny DeKeyser: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 14:45PHIMichael Raffl: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 14:45PHIWayne Simmonds: Elbowing2 min
  14. P3 14:45DETJustin Abdelkader: Holding2 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
30Shots on goal26
2.1Expected goals3.1
59Shot attempts44
40Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
14Penalty minutes14
23Hits29
10Blocked shots21
3Giveaways8
4Takeaways1

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. bestVandeVelde – White – Bellemare5:19

    xG 0.24–0.03 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Couturier – Raffl8:49

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Read – Cousins6:53

    xG 0.01–0.18 (5%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Schenn11:46

    xG 0.36–0.82 (30%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Schultz10:34

    xG 0.30–0.05 (86%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Gudas13:13

    xG 0.35–0.46 (43%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Gostisbehere9:56

    xG 0.11–0.46 (19%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Tatar – Sheahan5:38

    xG 0.41–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Datsyuk – Helm5:55

    xG 0.26–0.05 (84%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin7:00

    xG 0.23–0.06 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Glendening2:00

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser13:02

    xG 0.94–0.18 (84%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Ericsson – Marchenko3:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Marchenko – DeKeyser2:11

    xG 0.01–0.06 (20%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

DET 3.1 xGPHI 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 7/100 · #1176 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 68% 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).