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Sat, Feb 24, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 56% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI212012315539
OTT1120927328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:28PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:14PHIRobert HaggUnassisted · Snap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:14OTTMike HoffmanPPAssists: Thomas Chabot, Bobby Ryan · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:15PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Brandon Manning · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:05PHINolan PatrickGWGAssists: Brandon Manning, Jakub Voracek · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:56PHIBrandon ManningAssists: Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.01 xG5–1
  7. P3 16:47OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Zack Smith, Mark Stone · Slap, 0.04 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:03OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Mark Stone, Mike Hoffman · Backhand, 0.20 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:48PHIRobert Hagg: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 11:22PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:41OTTBen Harpur: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 15:02PHIRobert Hagg: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 10:26OTTMarian Gaborik: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 14:53PHIJori Lehtera: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 14:53OTTMax McCormick: Roughing2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
39Shots on goal28
3.0Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts64
30Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
22Hits30
19Blocked shots12
12Giveaways13
3Takeaways11

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. bestVoracek – Lindblom – Patrick10:44

    xG 0.98–0.32 (75%)attempts 13–10goals 2–1

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny14:16

    xG 0.46–0.47 (50%)attempts 18–7goals 2–0

  3. Weal – Laughton – Raffl8:43

    xG 0.30–0.33 (48%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Lehtera – Weise8:20

    xG 0.09–0.51 (14%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hagg15:14

    xG 0.45–0.20 (70%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov14:38

    xG 0.67–0.50 (57%)attempts 19–13goals 1–1

  3. Manning – Gudas14:29

    xG 0.68–0.98 (41%)attempts 12–22goals 3–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Paajarvi – Pageau9:30

    xG 0.50–0.26 (66%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  2. Gaborik – McCormick – Shore7:46

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Ryan – Smith – Hoffman8:12

    xG 0.15–0.36 (29%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Stone – Dzingel9:47

    xG 0.36–0.58 (38%)attempts 7–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Chabot17:11

    xG 0.71–0.62 (54%)attempts 13–16goals 1–2

  2. Borowiecki – Harpur2:07

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

  3. Borowiecki – Claesson7:06

    xG 0.08–0.15 (34%)attempts 8–9goals 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.

OTT 2.6 xGPHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #422 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 56% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

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

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