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Thu, Dec 28, 2017·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 77% of the time.

FLA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI05010216231
FLA1132608327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:43FLAJared McCannAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Mike Matheson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:19FLADerek MacKenzieSHAssists: Colton Sceviour · Snap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:52FLAJonathan HuberdeauGWGAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 12:28PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Travis Konecny, Michael Raffl · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:58PHISean CouturierAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:36PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Interference2 min
  2. P1 1:15PHIBrian Elliott: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 7:44FLAAlexander Petrovic: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 11:14FLAMike Matheson: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 11:14PHIAndrew MacDonald: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 14:30PHINolan Patrick: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 3:52PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 8:43FLAVincent Trocheck: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 11:31FLAAlexander Petrovic: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 11:31PHIMichael Raffl: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 11:31FLAAlexander Petrovic: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 14:52FLAVincent Trocheck: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIFLA
31Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals4.1
53Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
23Hits17
18Blocked shots10
17Giveaways7
5Takeaways14

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Couturier7:28

    xG 0.42–0.08 (84%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Simmonds – Weal6:24

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Weal – Laughton – Leier2:06

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Simmonds – Weise3:45

    xG 0.18–0.09 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hagg10:43

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

  2. MacDonald – Sanheim2:21

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov13:01

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley4:14

    xG 0.13–0.00 (97%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. McGinn – Brickley – McCann6:57

    xG 0.09–0.12 (44%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Bjugstad – Huberdeau – Barkov7:51

    xG 0.57–0.65 (47%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  4. Dadonov – Trocheck – Malgin10:02

    xG 0.08–0.33 (20%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson11:25

    xG 0.47–0.21 (68%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Petrovic – Weegar12:49

    xG 0.06–0.32 (16%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad13:40

    xG 0.34–0.79 (30%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

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.

FLA 4.1 xGPHI 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #515 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 77% of the time.

FLA winsPHI wins

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

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