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Fri, Dec 29, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 78% of the time.

TBL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI09315214538
TBL1711317327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:27TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Slap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:56PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Sean Couturier, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:03PHIShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:37TBLBrayden PointAssists: Ondrej Palat, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:48PHISean CouturierAssists: Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:53PHIBrandon ManningGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny · Wrap-around, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:58TBLTyler JohnsonSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:27PHIValtteri FilppulaENAssists: Jakub Voracek, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.71 xG5–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:08PHIJakub Voracek: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:45TBLCory Conacher: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:15PHIValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:49TBLAndrej Sustr: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 5:49TBLBraydon Coburn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:30TBLNikita Kucherov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:12TBLAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:25TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:17PHIDale Weise: High sticking2 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 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITBL
38Shots on goal27
3.8Expected goals2.1
61Shot attempts59
35Faceoffs won27
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
14Hits14
21Blocked shots12
5Giveaways5
8Takeaways6

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. bestLehtera – Weise – Laughton9:07

    xG 0.29–0.01 (96%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny8:44

    xG 0.79–0.53 (60%)attempts 9–8goals 2–1

  3. Filppula – Voracek – Raffl11:03

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Weal – Patrick6:11

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas12:08

    xG 0.62–0.27 (70%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov14:05

    xG 0.78–0.57 (58%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  3. MacDonald – Hagg14:47

    xG 0.26–0.63 (29%)attempts 10–21goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Johnson – Namestnikov4:53

    xG 0.40–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Conacher – Gourde7:56

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov7:47

    xG 0.26–0.24 (53%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Kucherov – Point6:17

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Sergachev12:10

    xG 0.65–0.30 (69%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Koekkoek4:24

    xG 0.15–0.19 (44%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Sustr7:28

    xG 0.21–0.31 (41%)attempts 7–7goals 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.

TBL 2.1 xGPHI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #246 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TBL 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 78% of the time.

TBL winsPHI wins

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

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