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Sat, Mar 10, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Winnipeg Jets 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0901118128
PHI01121509235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:40PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:01PHIAndrew MacDonaldGWGAssists: Nolan Patrick, Jakub Voracek · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 8:58WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Paul Stastny · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:56WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:57WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:59PHITravis Konecny: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:43PHIJori Lehtera: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 0:32PHIRadko Gudas: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 8:26PHITravis Konecny: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGPHI
28Shots on goal35
2.5Expected goals2.1
53Shot attempts56
26Faceoffs won26
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
29Hits15
11Blocked shots16
11Giveaways8
7Takeaways6

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Ehlers – Laine13:59

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Armia – Copp – Tanev3:20

    xG 0.14–0.04 (76%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Little – Connor7:18

    xG 0.38–0.37 (51%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Wheeler – Little – Perreault4:50

    xG 0.21–0.24 (47%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Byfuglien – Chiarot16:56

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Poolman8:07

    xG 0.24–0.26 (47%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Morrissey17:18

    xG 0.63–0.92 (41%)attempts 19–22goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLehtera – Read – Laughton6:12

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick11:42

    xG 0.64–0.50 (56%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier2:01

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny9:05

    xG 0.09–0.10 (49%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Sanheim10:38

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov13:54

    xG 0.60–0.50 (54%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas15:27

    xG 0.40–0.62 (39%)attempts 16–16goals 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.

PHI 2.1 xGWPG 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1117 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsWPG wins

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

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