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Sat, Jan 7, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 89% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1719010226
PHI014416014444

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:34TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Nikita Nesterov · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:11PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Jakub Voracek, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:42PHISean CouturierAssists: Ivan Provorov, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:51PHIMichael RafflGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Nick Schultz · Slap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:44TBLAlex KillornAssists: Nikita Nesterov, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:41PHIRadko GudasAssists: Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:54TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 14:42PHIChris VandeVelde: Holding2 min
  3. P2 18:00TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 18:00PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 4:53PHIMatt Read: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 7:35TBLLuke Witkowski: Interference2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
26Shots on goal44
1.6Expected goals4.4
50Shot attempts67
23Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
29Hits24
13Blocked shots16
12Giveaways6
3Takeaways8

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Paquette – Erne6:06

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Kucherov – Namestnikov – Drouin12:18

    xG 0.32–0.26 (54%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Peca – Palat9:53

    xG 0.11–0.80 (12%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

  4. Filppula – Callahan – Killorn11:34

    xG 0.20–0.98 (17%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Witkowski10:52

    xG 0.46–0.23 (66%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Hedman3:00

    xG 0.02–0.04 (34%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Sustr10:32

    xG 0.18–0.64 (22%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Weise – Schenn9:57

    xG 1.29–0.21 (86%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Voracek – Couturier – Konecny9:35

    xG 0.92–0.29 (76%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  3. Giroux – Read – Raffl12:22

    xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  4. Gordon – VandeVelde – Bellemare5:13

    xG 0.03–0.19 (14%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Gudas14:27

    xG 0.75–0.16 (83%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Provorov14:14

    xG 0.81–0.58 (58%)attempts 16–17goals 2–1

  3. Schultz – Gudas2:43

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

PHI 4.4 xGTBL 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #652 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 89% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

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