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Wed, Mar 28, 2018·Pepsi Center, Denver

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI21101309233
COL0917012128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:24PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Ivan Provorov · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:12PHIIvan ProvorovGWGAssists: Jordan Weal, Andrew MacDonald · Slap, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:36COLMatt NietoAssists: Dominic Toninato, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:28PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:13PHIJori Lehtera: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:45COLPatrik Nemeth: Holding2 min
  4. P2 0:00PHIRadko Gudas: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:25COLCarl Soderberg: 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICOL
33Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts78
24Faceoffs won15
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
15Hits22
33Blocked shots15
4Giveaways5
6Takeaways9

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. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny11:50

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Lehtera – Weise – Read6:48

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick8:11

    xG 0.73–0.57 (56%)attempts 18–9goals 0–1

  4. Simmonds – Weal – Laughton8:39

    xG 0.25–0.47 (34%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov13:05

    xG 0.68–0.33 (67%)attempts 15–17goals 2–0

  2. MacDonald – Sanheim10:30

    xG 0.79–0.67 (54%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  3. Manning – Gudas12:04

    xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:49

    xG 0.67–0.53 (56%)attempts 23–14goals 0–1

  2. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto8:47

    xG 0.35–0.42 (46%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Bourque – Yakupov – Toninato6:08

    xG 0.12–0.28 (30%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Compher – Jost9:55

    xG 0.38–0.59 (39%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Nemeth6:24

    xG 0.71–0.38 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Alt – Nemeth3:35

    xG 0.17–0.02 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Zadorov2:48

    xG 0.23–0.10 (69%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

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.

COL 2.6 xGPHI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #1013 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50COL 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 51% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

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

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