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Thu, Nov 2, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Philadelphia Flyers 2, St. Louis Blues 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 53% of the time.

STL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0811015223
STL01408011033

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:38PHIBrandon ManningGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:54PHIClaude GirouxENAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.71 xG2–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:04PHIDale Weise: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:17STLPaul Stastny: Holding2 min
  3. P2 1:10PHIRobert Hagg: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 11:39STLBrayden Schenn: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:00PHIIvan Provorov: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 0:00STLJoel Edmundson: 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 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHISTL
23Shots on goal33
3.2Expected goals3.0
39Shot attempts68
26Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
22Hits30
20Blocked shots4
3Giveaways5
7Takeaways10

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. bestLehtera – Weise – Weal7:01

    xG 0.64–0.18 (78%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Leier – Raffl6:16

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier12:07

    xG 0.17–0.27 (38%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Simmonds – Konecny10:16

    xG 0.35–0.56 (39%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Sanheim14:05

    xG 0.69–0.22 (76%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Hagg – Provorov16:15

    xG 0.52–0.49 (52%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

  3. O'Neill – Alt6:09

    xG 0.05–0.06 (42%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestUpshall – Brodziak – Jaskin9:02

    xG 0.61–0.16 (80%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Stastny – Tarasenko4:41

    xG 0.15–0.08 (64%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Sobotka – Schenn – Schwartz3:38

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Paajarvi – Bennett – Sundqvist4:58

    xG 0.23–0.33 (42%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Dunn6:35

    xG 0.59–0.26 (69%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Parayko – Dunn3:10

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Parayko10:58

    xG 0.33–0.11 (76%)attempts 12–6goals 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.

STL 3.0 xGPHI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1160 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 53% of the time.

STL winsPHI wins

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

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