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Sat, Feb 11, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

San Jose Sharks 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 77% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS040711201124
PHI0140611312235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 6:22PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 9:23SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Kevin Labanc, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:04PHIWayne SimmondsGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:39SJSMicheal Haley: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 3:07SJSMicheal Haley: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 3:07PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 3:07PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 19:12SJSJoel Ward: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 5:32PHIWayne Simmonds: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 8:27PHIBrandon Manning: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 15:46SJSPaul Martin: Tripping2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPHI
24Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals4.1
56Shot attempts75
28Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
34Hits28
16Blocked shots17
10Giveaways9
7Takeaways6

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestWard – Hertl – Meier11:40

    xG 0.56–0.43 (56%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski2:28

    xG 0.12–0.07 (63%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Tierney – Labanc2:47

    xG 0.05–0.10 (33%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Haley – Sorensen – Labanc4:41

    xG 0.08–0.18 (31%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Martin – Burns15:14

    xG 0.58–0.62 (48%)attempts 23–12goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Dillon10:37

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun17:10

    xG 0.53–0.83 (39%)attempts 11–20goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Weal – Couturier8:20

    xG 0.90–0.13 (87%)attempts 16–2goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Simmonds – Schenn13:34

    xG 0.78–0.39 (67%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Read – Cousins – Raffl10:33

    xG 0.64–0.43 (60%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – Weise – Bellemare4:58

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas16:34

    xG 1.25–0.59 (68%)attempts 19–21goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Gostisbehere12:21

    xG 0.73–0.39 (65%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Provorov15:17

    xG 0.46–0.36 (56%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

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 4.1 xGSJS 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHISJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #578 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 77% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

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

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