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

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 54% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01308012033
PHI11011124425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:56PHIClaude GirouxGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:12PHISean CouturierAssists: Claude Giroux, Robert Hagg · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:18PHISean CouturierAssists: Claude Giroux, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:59PHINolan PatrickENAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.68 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 16:25CHIErik Gustafsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:12PHIOskar Lindblom: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:24CHIHenri Jokiharju: Holding2 min
  4. P3 0:37PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 15:05CHIHenri Jokiharju: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 15:58PHINolan Patrick: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 19:36PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIPHI
33Shots on goal25
3.1Expected goals3.3
69Shot attempts54
34Faceoffs won23
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits19
12Blocked shots21
7Giveaways9
6Takeaways4

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – DeBrincat – Kahun6:26

    xG 0.70–0.27 (72%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Hayden – Fortin – Kampf3:58

    xG 0.48–0.06 (88%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Schmaltz – Kampf – Kahun2:34

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Hayden – Fortin2:23

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Gustafsson14:49

    xG 0.90–0.57 (61%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Jokiharju15:01

    xG 0.54–0.37 (59%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  3. Manning – Rutta11:15

    xG 0.08–0.61 (12%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny14:05

    xG 0.97–0.04 (96%)attempts 18–7goals 2–0

  2. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick10:26

    xG 0.15–0.26 (37%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Weise – Weal11:01

    xG 0.44–0.65 (40%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Laughton – Aube-Kubel3:57

    xG 0.08–0.78 (9%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Folin13:19

    xG 0.63–0.48 (57%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Sanheim13:05

    xG 0.39–0.28 (59%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Hagg – Provorov16:57

    xG 0.62–1.03 (37%)attempts 11–20goals 2–0

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 3.3 xGCHI 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1219 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50PHI 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 54% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).