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Mon, Oct 24, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 69% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI06112014132
MTL09113211333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:28MTLShea WeberAssists: Alexander Radulov, Artturi Lehkonen · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:47PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, Brandon Manning · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 13:08MTLBrendan GallagherPPGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, Shea Weber · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:57MTLAlexander RadulovENAssists: Alexei Emelin · Wrist, 0.66 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:59PHIWayne Simmonds: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:37MTLAlexander Radulov: Interference2 min
  3. P2 8:52PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:33PHIBrayden Schenn: Holding2 min
  5. P3 13:04PHISean Couturier: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
32Shots on goal33
2.0Expected goals3.0
61Shot attempts51
32Faceoffs won33
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
39Hits32
13Blocked shots16
12Giveaways16
4Takeaways2

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. bestGordon – VandeVelde – Lyubimov5:30

    xG 0.41–0.15 (73%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Couturier – Konecny12:49

    xG 0.57–0.40 (59%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Read – Cousins – Bellemare8:23

    xG 0.05–0.34 (12%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Schenn14:38

    xG 0.14–0.58 (19%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Gostisbehere2:49

    xG 0.21–0.03 (86%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Gostisbehere14:08

    xG 0.46–0.40 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  3. Streit – Schultz12:08

    xG 0.41–0.38 (52%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPlekanec – Radulov – Lehkonen12:02

    xG 0.46–0.10 (82%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Desharnais – Byron – Shaw9:18

    xG 0.63–0.49 (56%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Danault – Flynn10:21

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  4. Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk11:12

    xG 0.41–0.54 (43%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Emelin16:59

    xG 0.63–0.16 (80%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Pateryn – Beaulieu12:41

    xG 0.82–0.71 (53%)attempts 10–20goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Petry14:44

    xG 0.37–0.50 (43%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

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.

MTL 3.0 xGPHI 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #810 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 69% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

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

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