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Tue, Dec 12, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 76% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR161709222
PHI17014318439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:21PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Sean Couturier · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:48TORPatrick MarleauAssists: Zach Hyman, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:50TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:36PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Scott Laughton, Robert Hagg · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:05PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:44PHIScott LaughtonENAssists: Michael Raffl · Wrist, 0.62 xG2–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 10:40TORRoman Polak: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 16:11PHIJakub Voracek: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
22Shots on goal39
1.7Expected goals3.0
45Shot attempts60
24Faceoffs won31
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
18Hits22
12Blocked shots11
10Giveaways11
6Takeaways5

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Hyman – Brown12:01

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 12–9goals 1–2

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner11:18

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander15:25

    xG 0.49–0.50 (50%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Martin – Leivo7:40

    xG 0.33–0.58 (36%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev19:05

    xG 0.62–0.54 (54%)attempts 15–21goals 0–2

  2. Polak – Borgman12:15

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  3. Polak – Gardiner2:17

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLaughton – Leier – Konecny7:14

    xG 0.58–0.02 (96%)attempts 16–2goals 1–0

  2. Filppula – Voracek – Raffl14:32

    xG 0.42–0.35 (55%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Simmonds – Couturier15:04

    xG 0.40–0.40 (50%)attempts 16–15goals 2–1

  4. Weise – Weal – Patrick9:17

    xG 0.46–0.49 (48%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Hagg16:58

    xG 0.88–0.50 (64%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  2. Gudas – Sanheim13:10

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 21–11goals 1–1

  3. MacDonald – Provorov18:45

    xG 0.31–0.56 (36%)attempts 12–18goals 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 3.0 xGTOR 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #643 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 76% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

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