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Tue, Nov 15, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT091918001326
PHI11011608010235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:14PHINick CousinsUnassisted · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:09OTTMark StoneAssists: Marc Methot · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:18PHIMichael RafflAssists: Dale Weise, Michael Del Zotto · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:01OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Nick Cousins stopped
  2. 2. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  5. 5. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  6. 6. OTT Ryan Dzingel stopped
  7. 7. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  8. 8. OTT Mark Stone stopped
  9. 9. PHI Brayden Schenn stopped
  10. 10. OTT Erik Karlsson scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:36OTTBobby Ryan: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 9:11PHIMark Streit: Interference2 min
  3. P2 18:50OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  4. P3 1:41OTTMike Hoffman: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 4:57OTTMatt Puempel: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 14:05PHIBrayden Schenn: High sticking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
44% to win56% to win
← OTT attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Bellemare
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
26Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals2.9
59Shot attempts71
32Faceoffs won40
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
39Hits26
21Blocked shots18
21Giveaways16
8Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Stone – Pageau4:23

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Brassard – Hoffman3:44

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Hoffman – Stone4:42

    xG 0.26–0.23 (52%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel9:55

    xG 0.55–0.53 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Karlsson2:18

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci12:53

    xG 0.34–0.14 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson16:07

    xG 0.86–0.80 (52%)attempts 19–21goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeise – Raffl – Bellemare2:12

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. VandeVelde – Weise – Cousins7:09

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Read – Raffl – Bellemare9:08

    xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Couturier – Konecny11:00

    xG 0.38–0.52 (43%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Provorov15:01

    xG 0.60–0.27 (69%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  2. Del Zotto – Gostisbehere12:33

    xG 0.70–0.89 (44%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  3. Manning – Gudas13:51

    xG 0.40–0.71 (36%)attempts 14–19goals 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.

PHI 2.9 xGOTT 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #245 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 59% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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