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Sat, Dec 29, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

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

FLA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11208015135
FLA01409213236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:45PHIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Jordan Weal, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:16FLAMike HoffmanPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:54FLAJonathan HuberdeauGWGAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Evgenii Dadonov · Slap, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:00PHITravis Konecny: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 12:20PHIDale Weise: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 4:30FLAAlexander Petrovic: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 10:32FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Holding2 min
  5. P3 12:17PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIFLA
35Shots on goal36
2.9Expected goals2.8
58Shot attempts67
44Faceoffs won18
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits21
21Blocked shots8
10Giveaways16
3Takeaways10

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. bestWeal – Laughton – Raffl8:57

    xG 0.73–0.18 (80%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny11:12

    xG 0.65–0.48 (58%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Weise – Varone – Lindblom7:55

    xG 0.16–0.22 (42%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier11:01

    xG 0.41–0.53 (44%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gudas15:31

    xG 0.97–0.65 (60%)attempts 20–21goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg10:48

    xG 0.49–0.22 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov18:41

    xG 0.59–0.71 (45%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov17:08

    xG 0.94–0.87 (52%)attempts 25–15goals 1–0

  2. Sceviour – Hawryluk – Lammikko3:52

    xG 0.04–0.05 (43%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – McCann – Vatrano4:14

    xG 0.08–0.10 (44%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Malgin – Borgstrom5:23

    xG 0.13–0.20 (40%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson17:17

    xG 0.67–0.61 (53%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Petrovic – Weegar13:53

    xG 0.22–0.46 (32%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad17:35

    xG 0.93–1.20 (44%)attempts 26–25goals 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.

FLA 2.8 xGPHI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #764 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +49 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.

FLA winsPHI wins

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

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