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Tue, Nov 28, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

San Jose Sharks 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS21211705334
PHI1801005123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:48PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Andrew MacDonald · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:29SJSChris TierneyAssists: Brent Burns, Brenden Dillon · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:42SJSJoe ThorntonPPGWGAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:04SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Logan Couture, Justin Braun · Snap, 0.19 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:00PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 4:00SJSTomas Hertl: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 16:51PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:32PHIMichael Raffl: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 19:44PHIValtteri Filppula: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 4:11SJSBrent Burns: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 4:20PHIJakub Voracek: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 9:21SJSJoe Pavelski: Boarding2 min
  9. P2 11:02PHIWayne Simmonds: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPHI
34Shots on goal23
3.7Expected goals2.3
69Shot attempts45
26Faceoffs won31
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
12Hits34
15Blocked shots22
7Giveaways16
9Takeaways4

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Meier11:00

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Ward – O'Regan – Karlsson6:24

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Ward – Couture – Hertl2:53

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Hertl – Karlsson2:33

    xG 0.05–0.03 (67%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Dillon12:39

    xG 1.10–0.56 (66%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun16:00

    xG 0.50–0.39 (56%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  3. DeMelo – Ryan9:51

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Couturier9:58

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Filppula – Raffl – Konecny9:26

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Martel – Patrick6:38

    xG 0.07–0.25 (23%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

  4. Lehtera – Weise – Laughton6:42

    xG 0.03–0.46 (6%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Sanheim10:58

    xG 0.60–0.17 (77%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov2:00

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Hagg11:27

    xG 0.11–0.42 (21%)attempts 5–16goals 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 2.3 xGSJS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHISJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #985 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50PHI 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, San Jose Sharks win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

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

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