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Sat, Nov 3, 2018·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Philadelphia Flyers 3, San Jose Sharks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 52% of the time.

SJS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI29190700325
SJS1161101811435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:37PHINolan PatrickAssists: Travis Konecny, Oskar Lindblom · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:15SJSTimo MeierAssists: Tomas Hertl, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:40PHIJordan WealAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Dale Weise · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:35SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Kevin Labanc, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:30PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:03SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Kevin Labanc, Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:13SJSTimo MeierGWGAssists: Logan Couture · Other, 0.16 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:35PHITravis Konecny: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 18:11SJSTimo Meier: Holding2 min
  3. P2 2:47SJSErik Karlsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 9:58PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:15PHIRadko Gudas: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:44SJSRourke Chartier: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Patrick
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHISJS
25Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals2.8
42Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
28Hits13
16Blocked shots6
8Giveaways9
7Takeaways13

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. bestSimmonds – Weise – Weal10:01

    xG 0.67–0.08 (89%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  2. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick11:06

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  3. Lehtera – Laughton – Aube-Kubel2:09

    xG 0.01–0.11 (8%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny12:36

    xG 0.25–0.65 (28%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Sanheim9:01

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  2. Hagg – Provorov17:16

    xG 0.69–0.70 (50%)attempts 12–18goals 1–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Folin15:55

    xG 0.40–0.46 (46%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Hertl – Meier8:41

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Sorensen – Goodrow – Karlsson2:28

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

  3. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc4:38

    xG 0.16–0.08 (66%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Donskoi – Chartier – Labanc3:23

    xG 0.13–0.11 (54%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Braun3:35

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Vlasic2:11

    xG 0.11–0.02 (85%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun12:14

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

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.

SJS 2.8 xGPHI 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #193 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.28 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50SJS 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, San Jose Sharks win this game 52% of the time.

SJS winsPHI wins

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

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