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Wed, Nov 1, 2017·United Center, Chicago

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 53% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI08012015035
CHI011212112335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:58CHIArtem AnisimovPPGWGAssists: Cody Franson, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.49 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:18CHIJonathan ToewsUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:11CHIAlex DeBrincatENAssists: John Hayden, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.59 xG0–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:35PHIValtteri Filppula: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:18PHIScott Laughton: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:18CHIConnor Murphy: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:27PHIValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 0:46PHIMark Alt: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 8:52PHIBrandon Manning: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:50CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 13:03CHILance Bouma: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 3:25CHIJonathan Toews: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Schmaltz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICHI
35Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals3.5
65Shot attempts51
35Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
26Hits26
11Blocked shots20
11Giveaways13
9Takeaways8

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 – Couturier14:41

    xG 1.24–0.90 (58%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

  2. Laughton – Leier – Raffl4:42

    xG 0.17–0.06 (73%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Simmonds – Konecny12:08

    xG 0.32–0.36 (47%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Weise – Weal7:55

    xG 0.07–0.27 (21%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Provorov2:01

    xG 0.63–0.11 (85%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Hagg2:01

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Sanheim4:29

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Saad – Schmaltz10:05

    xG 0.54–0.32 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Sharp – Anisimov – Hayden7:04

    xG 0.19–0.08 (70%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Bouma – Wingels – Hartman7:33

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Panik – DeBrincat12:01

    xG 0.64–1.11 (37%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Franson13:33

    xG 0.74–0.22 (78%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook2:31

    xG 0.21–0.05 (79%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Rutta13:48

    xG 0.74–1.12 (40%)attempts 11–18goals 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.

CHI 3.5 xGPHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1189 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 53% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

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

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