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Sat, Mar 3, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Philadelphia Flyers 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 7 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 63% of the time.

TBL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI314111214040643
TBL16210315042735

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:08PHINolan PatrickPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:16TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:30PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Nolan Patrick · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:07PHIRobert HaggAssists: Scott Laughton, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:57TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Tip-in, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:47TBLDan GirardiAssists: Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P2 16:15PHIJori LehteraAssists: Jordan Weal, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 1:06PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.01 xG5–3
  9. P3 4:23TBLJ.T. MillerAssists: Yanni Gourde, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–4
  10. P3 7:38TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Alex Killorn · Slap, 0.12 xG5–5
  11. P3 10:03TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Steven Stamkos · Slap, 0.05 xG5–6
  12. P3 17:07PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Sean Couturier, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.07 xG6–6

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Cory Conacher stopped
  2. 2. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
  3. 3. TBL Brayden Point scored
  4. 4. PHI Nolan Patrick stopped
  5. 5. TBL Steven Stamkos scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:22TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:54PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:02TBLMikhail Sergachev: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:16TBLYanni Gourde: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 18:16PHIAndrew MacDonald: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 0:26TBLBrayden Point: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 4:49TBLAnthony Cirelli: Hooking2 min
  8. OT 1:37TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITBL
43Shots on goal35
2.7Expected goals1.9
62Shot attempts54
40Faceoffs won27
5Power plays1
4Penalty minutes12
16Hits16
11Blocked shots11
10Giveaways6
3Takeaways12

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 – Patrick11:49

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  2. Filppula – Lehtera – Weal7:46

    xG 0.25–0.18 (59%)attempts 6–7goals 2–2

  3. Giroux – Couturier – Patrick3:10

    xG 0.06–0.02 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Leier – Raffl9:24

    xG 0.31–0.37 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas14:21

    xG 0.47–0.27 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov16:36

    xG 0.28–0.15 (65%)attempts 12–7goals 2–1

  3. MacDonald – Hagg16:48

    xG 0.45–0.94 (32%)attempts 10–25goals 2–3

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Stamkos – Kucherov12:52

    xG 0.47–0.12 (79%)attempts 15–6goals 4–1

  2. Miller – Gourde – Point14:28

    xG 0.47–0.30 (62%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  3. Kunitz – Callahan – Cirelli7:19

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Conacher – Erne9:14

    xG 0.16–0.61 (21%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Hedman13:59

    xG 0.48–0.29 (63%)attempts 7–11goals 3–2

  2. Coburn – Sustr15:01

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  3. Coburn – Stralman2:07

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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 1.9 xGPHI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 100/100 · #5 of 1271 this seasonSwing 3.40 · 12 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 63% 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).