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Thu, Feb 2, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Montréal Canadiens 1, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL150605116
PHI0101727324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:51MTLNikita NesterovAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Andrew Shaw · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:50PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Mark Streit, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:32PHIMatt ReadGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Nick Cousins · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:46PHISean CouturierENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:44MTLTorrey Mitchell: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:27PHIChris VandeVelde: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 16:46MTLAndrew Shaw: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:11MTLAndrei Markov: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLPHI
16Shots on goal24
1.2Expected goals2.2
44Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
19Hits34
26Blocked shots14
12Giveaways12
3Takeaways6

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Flynn – de la Rose7:42

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Pacioretty – Galchenyuk5:55

    xG 0.43–0.33 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Desharnais – Shaw – Galchenyuk5:38

    xG 0.12–0.10 (55%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Desharnais – Danault – Flynn3:38

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Beaulieu18:20

    xG 0.57–0.22 (72%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Emelin15:26

    xG 0.32–0.42 (43%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

  3. Markov – Nesterov12:38

    xG 0.23–0.34 (40%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Weise – Schenn9:47

    xG 0.38–0.15 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov7:40

    xG 0.25–0.03 (91%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl13:08

    xG 0.21–0.35 (38%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0

  4. Read – Cousins – Couturier12:03

    xG 0.17–0.53 (24%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas14:38

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Provorov16:31

    xG 0.55–0.64 (46%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Schultz12:38

    xG 0.21–0.32 (39%)attempts 16–12goals 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 2.2 xGMTL 1.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #953 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 73% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

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

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