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Tue, Nov 27, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 76% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT160939424
PHI111216010337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:23PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Claude Giroux, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:51OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Mark Stone, Brady Tkachuk · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:22PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Ivan Provorov, Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:00PHIRadko GudasAssists: Scott Laughton, Oskar Lindblom · Snap, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:32OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Mark Stone, Colin White · Snap, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:26OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Thomas Chabot, Colin White · Deflected, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 17:01OTTMatt DucheneGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:13PHIDale Weise: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:13OTTBen Harpur: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:59PHIRobert Hagg: Interference2 min
  4. P1 13:37PHIJordan Weal: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 17:29PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
24Shots on goal37
1.6Expected goals3.1
41Shot attempts70
27Faceoffs won33
3Power plays0
5Penalty minutes11
18Hits19
14Blocked shots13
5Giveaways7
9Takeaways1

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – White – Tkachuk13:19

    xG 1.00–0.37 (73%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  2. Pyatt – Smith – Paajarvi3:21

    xG 0.00–0.06 (4%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Boedker – Paajarvi – Tierney2:39

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

  4. Pyatt – Duchene – Batherson3:57

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Chabot6:37

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  2. Harpur – Jaros15:32

    xG 0.43–0.72 (37%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

  3. Ceci – Lajoie11:28

    xG 0.08–0.49 (13%)attempts 6–16goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny14:58

    xG 1.25–0.19 (87%)attempts 26–5goals 1–1

  2. Laughton – Raffl – Lindblom3:51

    xG 0.55–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Weal12:53

    xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Weise – Patrick12:58

    xG 0.23–0.82 (22%)attempts 9–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hagg11:42

    xG 1.10–0.16 (87%)attempts 20–3goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Sanheim15:42

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

  3. Hagg – Provorov3:23

    xG 0.20–0.06 (77%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

PHI 3.1 xGOTT 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #288 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 76% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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