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Thu, Feb 16, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI09211116336
EDM2103817625

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:14EDMMatt HendricksAssists: Mark Letestu, Iiro Pakarinen · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:19EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Matt Benning, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:31PHIRadko GudasAssists: Sean Couturier · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:17EDMJordan EberleAssists: Connor McDavid, Patrick Maroon · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:32EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Eric Gryba, Zack Kassian · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P2 16:39EDMOscar KlefbomAssists: Connor McDavid, Matt Hendricks · Slap, 0.02 xG1–5
  7. P2 19:15PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Brayden Schenn · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–5
  8. P3 7:13PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–5
  9. P3 14:50EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Jordan Eberle, Patrick Maroon · Snap, 0.11 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:14EDMMilan Lucic: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:14PHIBrandon Manning: Embellishment2 min
  3. P2 10:35PHIBrandon Manning: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:35EDMPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 12:13EDMMatt Benning: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:02EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  7. P3 6:39EDMPatrick Maroon: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIEDM
36Shots on goal25
2.2Expected goals2.1
66Shot attempts51
34Faceoffs won37
3Power plays0
7Penalty minutes13
25Hits33
18Blocked shots21
10Giveaways23
5Takeaways11

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. bestVoracek – Cousins – Couturier6:32

    xG 0.59–0.30 (66%)attempts 13–4goals 1–2

  2. VandeVelde – Read – Bellemare3:01

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  3. Read – Cousins – Raffl3:34

    xG 0.17–0.05 (77%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  4. Read – Raffl – Bellemare4:13

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Del Zotto2:00

    xG 0.22–0.07 (75%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Provorov2:48

    xG 0.11–0.06 (63%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas11:30

    xG 0.29–0.30 (50%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Eberle – McDavid12:36

    xG 0.97–0.27 (78%)attempts 17–9goals 2–0

  2. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – Caggiula11:30

    xG 0.45–0.36 (55%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

  3. Lucic – Slepyshev – Draisaitl12:44

    xG 0.15–0.61 (20%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  4. Hendricks – Letestu – Pakarinen9:12

    xG 0.08–0.54 (12%)attempts 5–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom18:32

    xG 0.83–0.27 (75%)attempts 21–15goals 3–0

  2. Sekera – Benning17:37

    xG 0.46–0.64 (42%)attempts 13–20goals 0–2

  3. Gryba – Davidson15:05

    xG 0.39–1.07 (27%)attempts 10–27goals 2–0

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.

EDM 2.1 xGPHI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #274 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 51% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).