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Sat, Nov 11, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Minnesota Wild 1, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0509113127
PHI01201109032

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:08MINJason ZuckerGWGAssists: Mathew Dumba, Nino Niederreiter · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:39MINChris Stewart: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 0:47PHIJakub Voracek: Holding2 min
  3. P2 7:47PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:34MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:33MINJonas Brodin: Holding2 min
  6. P3 16:11PHIJakub Voracek: Holding2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHI
27Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals2.1
46Shot attempts61
26Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
15Hits19
18Blocked shots12
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways3

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Ennis – Granlund11:11

    xG 0.57–0.47 (55%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Zucker – Niederreiter9:12

    xG 0.22–0.25 (47%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Cullen – Stewart – Foligno9:22

    xG 0.21–0.27 (44%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Winnik – Eriksson Ek – Kunin10:36

    xG 0.21–0.42 (34%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Olofsson7:37

    xG 0.35–0.19 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon17:10

    xG 0.58–0.58 (50%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba16:01

    xG 0.28–0.79 (26%)attempts 9–20goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Couturier14:44

    xG 0.58–0.19 (76%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Leier – Raffl6:50

    xG 0.18–0.07 (71%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Simmonds – Konecny7:28

    xG 0.15–0.39 (28%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Weise – Weal8:35

    xG 0.05–0.40 (10%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHagg – Provorov14:10

    xG 0.77–0.44 (63%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov2:11

    xG 0.11–0.10 (51%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gostisbehere14:50

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 8–11goals 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 2.1 xGMIN 2.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1142 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

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

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