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Tue, Jan 1, 2019·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 70% of the time.

NSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01301207032
NSH0621628430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:03NSHCraig SmithGWGAssists: Kevin Fiala · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:03NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Ryan Johansen, Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:15NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Ryan Ellis · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:37NSHRocco GrimaldiAssists: Zac Rinaldo · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 3:38NSHP.K. Subban: Interference2 min
  2. P2 16:02NSHKevin Fiala: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 0:22PHIMichael Raffl: Interference2 min
  4. P3 18:17PHIMichael Raffl: Holding2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINSH
32Shots on goal30
3.0Expected goals1.9
62Shot attempts58
43Faceoffs won16
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits16
16Blocked shots18
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways9

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. bestVoracek – Couturier – Laughton9:56

    xG 0.87–0.29 (75%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Weal11:39

    xG 0.59–0.24 (71%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  3. Weise – Varone – Lindblom8:19

    xG 0.29–0.12 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier2:48

    xG 0.10–0.02 (83%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov15:10

    xG 1.01–0.33 (75%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

  2. MacDonald – Gudas13:48

    xG 0.65–0.13 (83%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Hagg14:15

    xG 0.74–0.51 (59%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Hartman – Arvidsson12:05

    xG 0.77–0.58 (57%)attempts 17–12goals 2–0

  2. Smith – Jarnkrok – Fiala12:15

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  3. Rinaldo – Grimaldi – Gaudreau5:42

    xG 0.09–0.22 (29%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Bonino – Watson – Salomaki13:33

    xG 0.08–0.56 (13%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Josi – Ellis17:36

    xG 0.70–0.93 (43%)attempts 18–23goals 2–0

  2. Hamhuis – Irwin13:06

    xG 0.22–0.45 (33%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Subban – Ekholm18:26

    xG 0.47–0.94 (33%)attempts 18–18goals 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.

NSH 1.9 xGPHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1222 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 70% of the time.

NSH winsPHI wins

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

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