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Tue, Oct 18, 2016·United Center, Chicago

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Chicago Blackhawks 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 72% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0811039427
CHI31111136728

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:56CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Artem Anisimov, Brent Seabrook · Wrap-around, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:26CHIDennis RasmussenUnassisted · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:12CHIArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:04CHIMarian HossaPPAssists: Artem Anisimov, Brian Campbell · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–4
  5. P2 18:23PHIMatt ReadPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–4
  6. P3 0:37PHIMatt ReadAssists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–4
  7. P3 1:54PHISean CouturierAssists: Nick Schultz, Travis Konecny · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 3:49PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.33 xG4–4
  9. P3 10:24CHIArtem AnisimovGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–5
  10. P3 16:03CHIArtemi PanarinAssists: Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.09 xG4–6
  11. P3 19:15CHIArtem AnisimovENAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.65 xG4–7
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:37CHITyler Motte: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:59PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:07PHIBoyd Gordon: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:48PHIBrandon Manning: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:31CHIPatrick Kane: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:03CHIMichal Kempny: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:20CHITyler Motte: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICHI
27Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals3.3
44Shot attempts43
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
30Hits20
11Blocked shots9
12Giveaways16
9Takeaways8

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. bestGiroux – Simmonds – Read3:39

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 5–2goals 1–1

  2. Weise – Read – Bellemare4:38

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Simmonds – Raffl6:36

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Gordon – VandeVelde – Lyubimov5:06

    xG 0.08–0.27 (24%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. MacDonald – Gostisbehere14:24

    xG 0.41–0.42 (49%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Gostisbehere2:12

    xG 0.03–0.11 (19%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Manning11:35

    xG 0.22–0.38 (37%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin12:18

    xG 0.67–0.34 (66%)attempts 13–10goals 3–1

  2. Tootoo – Kruger – Rasmussen5:55

    xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Toews – Panik – Motte9:18

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  4. Hossa – Hinostroza – Schmaltz6:03

    xG 0.07–0.10 (39%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Forsling14:50

    xG 0.60–0.16 (79%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson15:49

    xG 0.63–0.47 (57%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  3. Seabrook – Kempny14:26

    xG 0.44–0.43 (51%)attempts 11–10goals 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.

CHI 3.3 xGPHI 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #58 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 10 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 72% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

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

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