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Sat, Apr 9, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT1100405119
PHI11411319336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:57PITNick BoninoAssists: Carl Hagelin, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:57PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:58PHIWayne SimmondsGWGAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Mark Streit · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:02PHIPierre-Edouard BellemareENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.77 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:42PITBen Lovejoy: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 13:25PHINick Schultz: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 13:25PITConor Sheary: Embellishment2 min
  4. P2 13:43PHIJakub Voracek: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P3 2:28PITTom Sestito: Interference2 min
  6. P3 2:28PITTom Sestito: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 2:28PITTom Sestito: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P3 2:28PHIChris VandeVelde: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:08PITKael Mouillierat: Hooking2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITPHI
19Shots on goal36
1.8Expected goals3.0
39Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won44
1Power plays3
23Penalty minutes6
25Hits21
20Blocked shots15
11Giveaways12
8Takeaways9

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Hornqvist – Sundqvist11:04

    xG 0.51–0.27 (66%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Sestito – Mouillierat – Sheary7:45

    xG 0.25–0.05 (82%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Fehr – Kuhnhackl8:37

    xG 0.57–0.40 (59%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Bonino – Hagelin9:19

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Pouliot12:57

    xG 0.90–0.38 (70%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Dumoulin14:13

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

  3. Cole – Schultz12:27

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 3–18goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Gagner – Read – Cousins7:49

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Couturier – Raffl10:22

    xG 0.15–0.18 (45%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare8:27

    xG 0.19–0.29 (40%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds11:11

    xG 0.60–0.91 (40%)attempts 17–14goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere14:23

    xG 0.51–0.41 (56%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Schultz14:02

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Manning – Gudas13:24

    xG 0.50–0.75 (40%)attempts 23–7goals 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.

PHI 3.0 xGPIT 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #883 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 73% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

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

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