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Tue, Mar 27, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI1111801400233
DAL110150612323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:50DALRadek FaksaAssists: Antoine Roussel, Dan Hamhuis · Backhand, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:51PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:03PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:11DALBrett RitchiePPAssists: Alexander Radulov, Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:40DALAlexander RadulovGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:22PHIIvan Provorov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:31DALKari Lehtonen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:52PHIAndrew MacDonald: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:00PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 0:00DALMattias Janmark: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:13DALStephen Johns: Slashing2 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDAL
33Shots on goal23
3.4Expected goals2.4
67Shot attempts49
33Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits22
15Blocked shots14
6Giveaways5
5Takeaways4

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. bestFilppula – Simmonds – Weal6:58

    xG 0.74–0.16 (82%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny13:59

    xG 0.57–0.44 (56%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  3. Simmonds – Lehtera – Weal2:50

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Read – Laughton4:56

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas16:09

    xG 0.79–0.46 (63%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov15:58

    xG 0.95–0.62 (60%)attempts 20–19goals 2–0

  3. MacDonald – Sanheim14:21

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Ritchie – Shore – Janmark7:07

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  2. Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa13:38

    xG 0.58–0.61 (48%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin13:39

    xG 0.60–0.68 (47%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Shore – Janmark2:06

    xG 0.01–0.21 (3%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell15:45

    xG 0.76–0.57 (57%)attempts 21–14goals 0–1

  2. Methot – Honka3:19

    xG 0.09–0.12 (41%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Johns11:49

    xG 0.11–0.29 (28%)attempts 8–10goals 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.

DAL 2.4 xGPHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #677 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 65% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

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

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