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Tue, Mar 20, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Detroit Red Wings 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 53% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI0915316010431
DET0133914051531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:08DETDylan LarkinAssists: Darren Helm · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:59DETLuke GlendeningSHAssists: Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:53PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:57DETEvgeny SvechnikovAssists: Martin Frk, Dylan Larkin · Slap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:46PHIMatt ReadAssists: Scott Laughton, Jori Lehtera · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:40PHIShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:06DETDylan LarkinAssists: Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 14:34PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux · Deflected, 0.01 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Frans Nielsen scored
  2. 2. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  3. 3. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  4. 4. PHI Jordan Weal stopped
  5. 5. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
  6. 6. PHI Nolan Patrick stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:05PHIRadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:27DETEvgeny Svechnikov: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:13DETJonathan Ericsson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:40DETHenrik Zetterberg: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:25DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Patrick
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDET
31Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals2.7
71Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won34
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
21Hits19
12Blocked shots25
10Giveaways15
1Takeaways7

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. bestCouturier – Lindblom – Konecny5:01

    xG 0.62–0.10 (86%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny10:08

    xG 0.39–0.18 (68%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  3. Filppula – Simmonds – Weal10:48

    xG 0.23–0.22 (51%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Read – Laughton6:03

    xG 0.06–0.06 (50%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov19:03

    xG 1.01–0.59 (63%)attempts 24–17goals 0–1

  2. MacDonald – Sanheim18:54

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 19–11goals 2–0

  3. Gudas – Hagg10:53

    xG 0.29–0.51 (36%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Bertuzzi12:22

    xG 0.35–0.21 (63%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Frk – Svechnikov5:04

    xG 0.18–0.06 (76%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Svechnikov2:12

    xG 0.01–0.04 (21%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Athanasiou7:54

    xG 0.20–0.25 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Jensen12:56

    xG 0.57–0.09 (87%)attempts 15–12goals 2–0

  2. Daley – DeKeyser14:52

    xG 0.24–0.43 (36%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1

  3. Kronwall – Green16:41

    xG 0.40–0.66 (38%)attempts 8–22goals 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.

DET 2.7 xGPHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #73 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.54 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 53% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

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

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