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Thu, Oct 26, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI014211215440
OTT3121917528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:31OTTDion PhaneufPPAssists: Filip Chlapik, Christopher DiDomenico · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:50OTTMark BorowieckiAssists: Mike Hoffman, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:28OTTJean-Gabriel PageauSHAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:30PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Sean Couturier, Ivan Provorov · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:23PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:37OTTMark StoneAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:33OTTTom PyattGWGAssists: Nate Thompson, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:18PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier · Slap, 0.06 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:14PHISean CouturierAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek · Deflected, 0.09 xG4–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:36PHIBrandon Manning: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:56OTTDerick Brassard: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:27OTTMark Borowiecki: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 11:45PHIRadko Gudas: Charging5 min
  5. P3 11:45OTTMark Borowiecki: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 11:45PHIRadko Gudas: Game misconduct10 min
  7. P3 12:18PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 13:36OTTErik Karlsson: Slashing2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
40Shots on goal28
3.0Expected goals2.5
70Shot attempts46
26Faceoffs won37
2Power plays4
19Penalty minutes8
17Hits25
13Blocked shots21
12Giveaways16
5Takeaways7

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Couturier13:00

    xG 0.90–0.27 (77%)attempts 20–8goals 1–2

  2. Laughton – Leier – Raffl9:30

    xG 0.12–0.16 (43%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Lehtera – Read – Konecny8:46

    xG 0.09–0.24 (26%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Simmonds – Weal10:34

    xG 0.17–0.35 (33%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov15:12

    xG 1.04–0.32 (76%)attempts 18–9goals 1–2

  2. Gudas – Sanheim6:20

    xG 0.20–0.09 (70%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Hagg8:33

    xG 0.09–0.01 (89%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Stone – Dzingel9:53

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  2. Burrows – Thompson – DiDomenico6:08

    xG 0.12–0.11 (50%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – McCormick – Chlapik3:24

    xG 0.01–0.06 (13%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau11:09

    xG 0.21–1.11 (16%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Karlsson13:06

    xG 0.58–0.13 (82%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Claesson6:45

    xG 0.23–0.03 (90%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman2:06

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

OTT 2.5 xGPHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #259 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 58% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

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

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