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Wed, Feb 15, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 62% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11501009134
CGY1815110323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:30PHINick CousinsAssists: Matt Read · Snap, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:28CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Mikael Backlund, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:45CGYTJ BrodieGWGAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Deryk Engelland · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:21CGYMark GiordanoENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:41CGYAlex Chiasson: Spearing5 min
  2. P1 7:41CGYAlex Chiasson: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P1 10:33CGYSean Monahan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 13:53PHINick Cousins: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 17:10CGYSam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:34CGYKris Versteeg: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 14:41PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 14:41CGYMicheal Ferland: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 12:37PHIMichal Neuvirth: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  10. P3 19:59PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:59PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICGY
34Shots on goal23
3.5Expected goals2.8
70Shot attempts50
41Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
13Penalty minutes26
15Hits21
16Blocked shots25
4Giveaways12
7Takeaways15

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestRead – Cousins – Raffl9:58

    xG 0.62–0.15 (80%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Voracek – Weal – Couturier10:19

    xG 0.36–0.09 (79%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

  3. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov4:52

    xG 0.22–0.07 (76%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Schenn12:19

    xG 0.19–0.47 (29%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas17:09

    xG 0.72–0.16 (82%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Gostisbehere12:19

    xG 0.75–0.36 (68%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Provorov14:26

    xG 0.23–0.59 (28%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk9:34

    xG 0.50–0.26 (66%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Bouma – Ferland6:15

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Versteeg – Gaudreau – Monahan3:46

    xG 0.10–0.04 (70%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Brouwer – Ferland – Bennett2:06

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton18:01

    xG 0.58–0.35 (62%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  2. Engelland – Brodie16:15

    xG 0.42–0.81 (34%)attempts 9–22goals 1–0

  3. Wideman – Kulak7:26

    xG 0.09–0.54 (14%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

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.

CGY 2.8 xGPHI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CGY's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CGY is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #995 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 62% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

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

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