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Sat, Dec 16, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Dallas Stars 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

PHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL111060704128
PHI091100714230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:13DALGemel SmithAssists: Remi Elie, Martin Hanzal · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:10PHIShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:50PHIShayne GostisbeherePPGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:38DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 0:38PHIClaude Giroux: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 11:30DALAntoine Roussel: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 12:00PHISean Couturier: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 13:13DALDevin Shore: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 16:35PHIValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 7:38DALTyler Pitlick: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 4:59DALGemel Smith: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 8:35DALAlexander Radulov: High sticking2 min
  10. OT 3:28DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHI
28Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals3.3
54Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won30
1Power plays6
14Penalty minutes6
24Hits27
21Blocked shots14
7Giveaways12
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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Pitlick – Faksa9:26

    xG 0.46–0.34 (57%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Shore8:22

    xG 0.20–0.20 (49%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Radulov – Janmark11:17

    xG 0.06–0.24 (20%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Hanzal – Smith – Elie6:11

    xG 0.13–0.62 (17%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Johns – Honka9:59

    xG 0.14–0.23 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell16:50

    xG 0.54–0.67 (44%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Pateryn14:54

    xG 0.27–0.54 (33%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Simmonds – Couturier11:17

    xG 0.50–0.21 (70%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Leier – Konecny7:33

    xG 0.41–0.15 (74%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Weise – Weal – Patrick8:24

    xG 0.34–0.29 (54%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Voracek – Raffl12:25

    xG 0.16–0.31 (34%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Hagg12:13

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Sanheim13:46

    xG 0.74–0.46 (62%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Provorov15:48

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 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 3.3 xGDAL 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #789 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).