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Tue, Mar 28, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 66% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT1100817030228
PHI11307112031335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:25OTTErik KarlssonPPAssists: Kyle Turris · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:34PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:35OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Cody Ceci, Fredrik Claesson · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:01PHIJordan WealUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Jordan Weal scored
  2. 2. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  5. 5. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  6. 6. OTT Tom Pyatt stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:03OTTErik Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:29OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:32PHISean Couturier: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:09PHIAndrew MacDonald: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 16:48OTTChris Wideman: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 19:01OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 19:01PHIRadko Gudas: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 19:02OTTChris Kelly: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 0:09PHIJakub Voracek: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
28Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals3.8
62Shot attempts70
27Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
31Hits24
17Blocked shots20
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Turris – Dzingel5:17

    xG 0.52–0.45 (54%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Smith – Stone10:36

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Burrows – Wingels2:47

    xG 0.01–0.03 (31%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Ryan – Turris4:58

    xG 0.15–0.20 (44%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Claesson2:43

    xG 0.20–0.04 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci6:38

    xG 0.19–0.09 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Borowiecki2:08

    xG 0.07–0.02 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Simmonds – Weal9:53

    xG 0.54–0.10 (84%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Weise – Schenn – Couturier10:36

    xG 0.64–0.45 (59%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Read7:32

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Konecny4:13

    xG 0.10–0.05 (65%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Gostisbehere14:28

    xG 0.97–0.33 (74%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Provorov14:43

    xG 0.68–0.56 (55%)attempts 12–20goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas12:55

    xG 0.36–0.40 (48%)attempts 11–7goals 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 3.8 xGOTT 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #471 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 66% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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