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Sat, Dec 17, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11106015132
DAL0711427328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:44PHITaylor LeierAssists: Nick Cousins · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:48DALRadek FaksaAssists: Antoine Roussel, Brett Ritchie · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:27DALAdam CracknellGWGAssists: John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:42DALJordie BennENAssists: Jamie Benn, Radek Faksa · Wrist, 0.54 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:53PHIBrandon Manning: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 1:53DALJason Spezza: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 9:39PHINick Cousins: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 17:02DALJordie Benn: Hooking2 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 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDAL
32Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals3.3
66Shot attempts64
28Faceoffs won26
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
19Hits28
17Blocked shots15
15Giveaways8
1Takeaways8

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. bestWeise – Cousins – Leier8:46

    xG 0.70–0.35 (66%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

  2. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov9:37

    xG 0.38–0.28 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Schenn – Konecny15:19

    xG 0.45–0.59 (43%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl16:35

    xG 0.80–1.33 (38%)attempts 22–23goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Provorov18:30

    xG 0.89–0.59 (60%)attempts 13–24goals 1–0

  2. Manning – Gostisbehere15:53

    xG 0.95–1.10 (46%)attempts 22–17goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Gudas16:10

    xG 0.41–0.64 (39%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Ritchie – Faksa7:41

    xG 0.97–0.30 (76%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Cracknell – McKenzie – Seguin2:28

    xG 0.21–0.05 (81%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Eaves – Benn – Seguin7:04

    xG 0.32–0.16 (67%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Korpikoski – Shore3:03

    xG 0.10–0.05 (64%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell17:16

    xG 1.29–0.86 (60%)attempts 20–21goals 2–0

  2. Oduya – Benn14:09

    xG 0.78–0.57 (58%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Johns16:56

    xG 0.46–0.67 (41%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

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.

DAL 3.3 xGPHI 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #984 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

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

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