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Mon, Dec 4, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 58% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI183716521
CGY114121010245

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:15CGYTroy BrouwerAssists: Curtis Lazar, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:16PHIValtteri FilppulaAssists: Jakub Voracek, Andrew MacDonald · Backhand, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:31PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Michael Raffl · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:56PHIMichael RafflGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Valtteri Filppula · Slap, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P2 8:42PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Sean Couturier, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–1
  6. P2 18:45CGYSean MonahanAssists: Garnet Hathaway, Sam Bennett · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P3 1:51PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Jordan Weal, Taylor Leier · Wrist, 0.36 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:39CGYMichael Stone: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:36PHIAndrew MacDonald: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:32CGYMichael Frolik: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:58PHIIvan Provorov: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 1:58CGYTravis Hamonic: Match penatly 10 minutes10 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICGY
21Shots on goal45
2.7Expected goals3.1
39Shot attempts80
35Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes14
10Hits7
19Blocked shots8
6Giveaways13
6Takeaways15

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. bestWeal – Laughton – Leier10:03

    xG 0.65–0.15 (81%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Filppula – Voracek – Raffl14:08

    xG 0.65–0.37 (64%)attempts 11–17goals 2–0

  3. Giroux – Simmonds – Couturier12:13

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  4. Weise – Konecny – Patrick5:27

    xG 0.02–0.90 (2%)attempts 2–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Provorov15:43

    xG 1.45–0.69 (68%)attempts 10–23goals 2–0

  2. Manning – Hagg4:44

    xG 0.12–0.08 (58%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Manning2:20

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Jankowski – Bennett10:00

    xG 0.64–0.02 (97%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Brouwer – Lazar – Hathaway6:38

    xG 0.44–0.13 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk10:41

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan9:25

    xG 0.36–0.80 (31%)attempts 16–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton19:15

    xG 1.14–0.97 (54%)attempts 22–11goals 1–2

  2. Hamonic – Brodie13:35

    xG 0.57–0.46 (55%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  3. Stone – Brodie4:13

    xG 0.02–0.12 (15%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

CGY 3.1 xGPHI 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #588 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CGY 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, Calgary Flames win this game 58% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

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

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