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Thu, Dec 8, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Edmonton Oilers 5, Philadelphia Flyers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 65% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM15213215533
PHI0939313631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:39EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Kris Russell · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:35EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Milan Lucic · Snap, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:31PHIMark StreitAssists: Travis Konecny, Ivan Provorov · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:24PHIPierre-Edouard BellemareAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Chris VandeVelde · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:43PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:15EDMAndrej SekeraSHAssists: Mark Letestu, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:07EDMBenoit PouliotAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 5:12EDMOscar KlefbomPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.03 xG5–3
  9. P3 6:31PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.04 xG5–4
  10. P3 12:11PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Radko Gudas, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.28 xG5–5
  11. P3 18:31PHIMichael RafflGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Mark Streit · Snap, 0.11 xG5–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:23EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:45EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:48PHIAndrew MacDonald: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:23EDMMatt Hendricks: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:10PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 15:30EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 19:19PHIIvan Provorov: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 3:30PHITaylor Leier: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 5:42EDMKris Russell: Holding2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMPHI
33Shots on goal31
3.5Expected goals2.5
64Shot attempts63
24Faceoffs won36
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
31Hits29
19Blocked shots18
12Giveaways12
4Takeaways5

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins10:54

    xG 0.70–0.29 (71%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. Lucic – McDavid – Caggiula12:44

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  3. Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian6:19

    xG 0.13–0.04 (75%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi5:52

    xG 0.23–0.37 (38%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Russell16:03

    xG 0.79–0.45 (64%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  2. Simpson – Benning7:44

    xG 0.38–0.31 (55%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom14:04

    xG 0.23–0.85 (21%)attempts 13–19goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl12:09

    xG 0.87–0.45 (66%)attempts 17–9goals 3–0

  2. Weise – Cousins – Leier5:15

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov10:38

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  4. Simmonds – Schenn – Konecny10:59

    xG 0.39–0.66 (37%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Gudas13:35

    xG 0.94–0.35 (73%)attempts 19–12goals 3–1

  2. MacDonald – Provorov13:30

    xG 0.36–0.47 (43%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gostisbehere12:46

    xG 0.26–0.64 (29%)attempts 12–9goals 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 2.5 xGEDM 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #10 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.12 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 65% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

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

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