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Thu, Apr 7, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 90% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR211150812426
PHI01111521800344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:28TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Martin Marincin, Colin Greening · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:03TORColin GreeningAssists: William Nylander, Tobias Lindberg · Snap, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:29PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Sean Couturier, Sam Gagner · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:17TORMichael GrabnerUnassisted · Snap, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:33PHIAndrew MacDonaldAssists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Chris VandeVelde · Snap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:02PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Mark Streit, Shayne Gostisbehere · Tip-in, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:51TORJake GardinerPPGWGAssists: PA Parenteau, William Nylander · Slap, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:44TORSam Carrick: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:26TORTobias Lindberg: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 12:04PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:34TORMartin Marincin: High sticking2 min
  5. OT 1:35PHIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
26Shots on goal44
2.0Expected goals5.2
43Shot attempts86
28Faceoffs won41
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
22Hits25
22Blocked shots12
10Giveaways7
8Takeaways5

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Grabner – Gauthier8:15

    xG 0.56–0.29 (66%)attempts 4–8goals 1–1

  2. Froese – Carrick – Kapanen6:59

    xG 0.10–0.34 (23%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

  3. Laich – Parenteau – Bozak14:28

    xG 0.54–0.92 (37%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

  4. Greening – Lindberg – Nylander12:07

    xG 0.35–0.94 (27%)attempts 8–14goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brennan – Campbell9:30

    xG 0.09–0.25 (26%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Corrado15:38

    xG 0.35–1.15 (24%)attempts 6–25goals 1–1

  3. Marincin – Rielly17:12

    xG 0.69–1.73 (29%)attempts 15–21goals 2–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVandeVelde – White – Bellemare8:30

    xG 0.99–0.11 (90%)attempts 23–4goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds11:46

    xG 1.43–0.86 (62%)attempts 19–13goals 0–2

  3. Read – Laughton – Raffl5:25

    xG 0.33–0.05 (87%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Schenn – Couturier9:34

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas13:16

    xG 1.05–0.30 (78%)attempts 26–6goals 0–1

  2. Streit – Schultz13:14

    xG 0.90–0.31 (74%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Gostisbehere13:58

    xG 1.32–0.75 (64%)attempts 20–9goals 2–1

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 5.2 xGTOR 2.0 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #157 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 90% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

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