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Thu, Dec 1, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI0112140611332
OTT18140900221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:23OTTMike HoffmanPPAssists: Mark Stone, Kyle Turris · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:57OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:50PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:50PHIMichael Del ZottoAssists: Mark Streit, Matt Read · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:40PHIClaude GirouxGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Shayne Gostisbehere · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:08PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:22OTTMark Borowiecki: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:22PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:20OTTMark Borowiecki: Interference2 min
  5. P1 18:44OTTDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 18:44PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 5:42OTTMike Hoffman: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 12:20OTTMark Borowiecki: Holding2 min
  9. P3 5:48OTTMark Borowiecki: Holding2 min
  10. P3 6:26PHIBrayden Schenn: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
32Shots on goal21
2.2Expected goals1.7
79Shot attempts51
31Faceoffs won37
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes12
25Hits32
19Blocked shots25
8Giveaways8
7Takeaways6

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. bestSimmonds – Schenn – Konecny10:36

    xG 0.51–0.34 (60%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  2. VandeVelde – Cousins – Lyubimov4:26

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl13:11

    xG 0.54–0.47 (53%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  4. Weise – Read – Bellemare7:48

    xG 0.06–0.01 (88%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere13:56

    xG 0.95–0.39 (71%)attempts 24–6goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Provorov14:16

    xG 0.32–0.09 (79%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Gudas2:09

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Hoffman – Stone11:24

    xG 0.51–0.06 (89%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Turris – Dzingel2:34

    xG 0.01–0.01 (59%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Smith – Pageau2:11

    xG 0.01–0.01 (49%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Dzingel – Lazar5:10

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 4–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Wideman6:02

    xG 0.79–0.01 (98%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci4:52

    xG 0.22–0.06 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Karlsson – Wideman2:15

    xG 0.03–0.01 (77%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

OTT 1.7 xGPHI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #356 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 60% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

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

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