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Wed, Dec 20, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Detroit Red Wings 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11121304328
PHI110211110431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:19PHIDale WeiseAssists: Radko Gudas, Nolan Patrick · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:58DETMartin FrkPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Mike Green · Snap, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:50DETMike GreenPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:48PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.32 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:29DETGustav NyquistAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:40PHIRobert HaggAssists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:57PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.35 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:54PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:56PHIJordan Weal: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:03DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 17:54PHIJakub Voracek: Elbowing2 min
  5. P3 17:54DETAndreas Athanasiou: Embellishment2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHI
28Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals3.2
50Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won39
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
21Hits22
26Blocked shots15
6Giveaways9
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha12:54

    xG 0.99–0.25 (80%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Abdelkader – Tatar – Larkin6:14

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Athanasiou3:55

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Booth – Glendening – Frk2:40

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Jensen12:46

    xG 1.01–0.28 (78%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Green2:29

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Daley – DeKeyser2:25

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Simmonds – Couturier15:04

    xG 2.08–0.15 (93%)attempts 23–8goals 2–0

  2. Weise – Weal – Patrick9:28

    xG 0.45–0.26 (64%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Lehtera – Laughton – Konecny6:33

    xG 0.02–0.06 (28%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Voracek – Raffl14:41

    xG 0.29–0.49 (37%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Hagg15:12

    xG 1.07–0.46 (70%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – Sanheim15:47

    xG 0.62–0.24 (72%)attempts 22–6goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Provorov19:18

    xG 1.24–1.22 (50%)attempts 24–19goals 1–1

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 3.2 xGDET 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #376 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 60% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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