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Mon, Dec 19, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Nashville Predators 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 66% of the time.

PHI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH0809110041231
PHI11601005010132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32PHIAndrew MacDonaldAssists: Jakub Voracek, Ivan Provorov · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:46NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Matt Irwin, Mattias Ekholm · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Nick Cousins stopped
  2. 2. NSH Ryan Ellis scored
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. NSH Ryan Johansen stopped
  5. 5. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:59NSHAdam Pardy: Interference2 min
  2. P2 3:35NSHRoman Josi: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:51PHIClaude Giroux: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 16:25NSHRyan Johansen: Holding2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHPHI
31Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals2.5
64Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
40Hits26
14Blocked shots23
9Giveaways10
3Takeaways5

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Wilson – Arvidsson6:14

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Wilson – Smith2:32

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Watson – Sissons2:15

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Watson – Johansen – Forsberg2:24

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis23:16

    xG 0.65–0.46 (59%)attempts 26–20goals 0–1

  2. Ekholm – Irwin19:15

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  3. Pardy – Weber7:24

    xG 0.08–0.27 (23%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Schenn – Konecny11:40

    xG 0.50–0.20 (72%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Gordon – Cousins – Leier4:43

    xG 0.15–0.04 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov11:28

    xG 0.27–0.18 (59%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl14:21

    xG 0.17–0.48 (26%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gostisbehere11:22

    xG 0.54–0.05 (92%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Gudas16:54

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 17–26goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Provorov18:23

    xG 0.20–0.64 (24%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

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 xGNSH 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #697 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 66% of the time.

PHI winsNSH wins

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

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