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Sat, Nov 5, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI29015214438
MTL281326517

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:06MTLAndrei MarkovUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:32PHIChris VandeVeldeUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:30PHIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Jakub Voracek, Michael Del Zotto · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P1 9:09MTLGreg PaterynAssists: Paul Byron, Andrew Shaw · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:38MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Alexander Radulov, Andrei Markov · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:52MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Torrey Mitchell · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:16PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P3 10:57MTLTomas PlekanecSHGWGAssists: Max Pacioretty · Slap, 0.11 xG3–5
  9. P3 16:16PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Ivan Provorov, Sean Couturier · Tip-in, 0.16 xG4–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:38MTLArtturi Lehkonen: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:57MTLAlexander Radulov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 11:49PHIRadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  4. P3 4:23PHIJakub Voracek: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:31MTLAndrew Shaw: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P3 14:34MTLTorrey Mitchell: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 17:45PHIMichael Del Zotto: Interference2 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 SOG0MTL
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
38Shots on goal17
2.7Expected goals2.2
70Shot attempts45
28Faceoffs won31
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
35Hits24
20Blocked shots22
12Giveaways15
7Takeaways10

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. bestVoracek – Couturier – Konecny8:51

    xG 0.77–0.45 (63%)attempts 16–8goals 1–3

  2. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov6:28

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  3. Giroux – Simmonds – Raffl11:49

    xG 0.27–0.40 (40%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Weise – Schenn – Read9:20

    xG 0.10–0.26 (28%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Gostisbehere14:17

    xG 0.86–0.47 (64%)attempts 22–7goals 1–2

  2. Manning – Gudas13:48

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  3. Streit – Provorov10:43

    xG 0.35–0.60 (36%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPlekanec – Pacioretty – Gallagher11:45

    xG 0.60–0.20 (75%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Desharnais – Byron – Shaw8:27

    xG 0.27–0.29 (48%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

  3. Mitchell – Danault – Flynn7:33

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 4–9goals 1–1

  4. Radulov – Danault – Galchenyuk2:27

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Emelin17:40

    xG 0.50–0.40 (55%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Petry12:29

    xG 0.55–0.55 (50%)attempts 14–13goals 2–1

  3. Pateryn – Beaulieu12:01

    xG 0.34–0.56 (38%)attempts 9–19goals 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.

MTL 2.2 xGPHI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 76/100 · #263 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 58% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

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

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