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Sat, Nov 4, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Colorado Avalanche 5, Philadelphia Flyers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 72% of the time.

PHI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL192914052527
PHI05216210061437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:58COLMatt DuchenePPAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:21PHIValtteri FilppulaAssists: Travis Konecny, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:31PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:30COLBlake ComeauSHAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Patrik Nemeth · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:13COLMikko RantanenPPAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:33PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Sean Couturier, Robert Hagg · Backhand, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:37COLNail YakupovAssists: Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 6:37PHIDale WeiseAssists: Jordan Weal, Travis Sanheim · Snap, 0.12 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Jordan Weal scored
  2. 2. COL Nathan MacKinnon scored
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  5. 5. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  6. 6. COL Mikko Rantanen scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:36PHIDale Weise: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 9:31COLNail Yakupov: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 16:17COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 19:04PHIScott Laughton: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:54COLNail Yakupov: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:39COLA.J. Greer: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:59PHITravis Sanheim: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 19:27COLErik Johnson: Delaying game2 min
  9. P3 14:11COLAndrei Mironov: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLPHI
27Shots on goal37
2.5Expected goals3.9
53Shot attempts79
26Faceoffs won39
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
28Hits24
21Blocked shots11
6Giveaways10
8Takeaways7

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Yakupov – Andrighetto11:07

    xG 0.22–0.12 (65%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Comeau – Soderberg – Bourque9:08

    xG 0.20–0.33 (38%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  3. Duchene – Kerfoot – Greer2:44

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen11:25

    xG 0.22–0.52 (30%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Zadorov5:28

    xG 0.14–0.06 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Mironov2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Barrie3:11

    xG 0.02–0.04 (37%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Couturier12:59

    xG 0.62–0.08 (89%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Laughton – Leier – Raffl7:35

    xG 0.36–0.08 (83%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Lehtera – Weise – Weal7:46

    xG 0.40–0.14 (74%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Simmonds – Konecny12:05

    xG 0.39–0.35 (53%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlt – Sanheim6:42

    xG 0.47–0.07 (86%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Manning – Gostisbehere14:01

    xG 0.49–0.25 (66%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  3. Hagg – Provorov16:35

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 15–21goals 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.

PHI 3.9 xGCOL 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #58 of 1271 this seasonSwing 3.08 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 72% of the time.

PHI winsCOL wins

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

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