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Thu, Jan 26, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 72% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0911009128
PHI16013115234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:15PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:35TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Nazem Kadri, Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.40 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:23PHIRoman LyubimovGWGAssists: Mark Streit, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:12PHIIvan Provorov: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 18:03PHIRadko Gudas: Kneeing2 min
  3. P2 11:08TORConnor Carrick: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
28Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals2.8
62Shot attempts66
20Faceoffs won35
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
29Hits28
18Blocked shots21
9Giveaways9
5Takeaways3

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Kadri – Nylander11:12

    xG 0.82–0.30 (73%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Martin – Gauthier – Soshnikov9:53

    xG 0.10–0.19 (35%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner11:24

    xG 0.24–0.34 (42%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Brown – Matthews12:59

    xG 0.13–1.40 (9%)attempts 9–22goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Carrick13:44

    xG 0.79–0.74 (52%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0

  2. Marincin – Zaitsev17:23

    xG 0.20–0.38 (34%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Hunwick12:26

    xG 0.42–0.71 (37%)attempts 12–18goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestRead – Cousins – Couturier12:38

    xG 1.31–0.70 (65%)attempts 23–10goals 0–1

  2. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov7:57

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl12:20

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Schenn – Konecny9:48

    xG 0.32–0.37 (47%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Gudas14:33

    xG 0.82–0.30 (73%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Provorov18:07

    xG 0.84–0.33 (72%)attempts 27–12goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gostisbehere13:06

    xG 0.46–0.77 (37%)attempts 10–16goals 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 2.8 xGTOR 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #938 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 72% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

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