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Sat, Jan 5, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Calgary Flames 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 63% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY01111011011332
PHI1130121900234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:10PHITravis SanheimPPAssists: Jordan Weal, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:51CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Sean Monahan, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:57PHITravis KonecnyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:43CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Sam Bennett, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:59CGYTJ BrodieGWGAssists: Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:59CGYGarnet Hathaway: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:20CGYDerek Ryan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 0:50CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 7:51PHIIvan Provorov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 7:51CGYJames Neal: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 11:40CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 0:00PHIRadko Gudas: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:48PHIIvan Provorov: Hooking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPHI
32Shots on goal34
2.3Expected goals3.0
63Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
13Hits24
15Blocked shots17
13Giveaways5
10Takeaways7

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestHathaway – Czarnik – Ryan4:47

    xG 0.30–0.05 (85%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  2. Neal – Gaudreau – Monahan2:21

    xG 0.04–0.06 (41%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Bennett – Tkachuk9:49

    xG 0.45–0.52 (47%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  4. Neal – Frolik – Jankowski8:11

    xG 0.19–0.33 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin16:47

    xG 0.95–0.57 (63%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie15:51

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 21–18goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Kylington8:32

    xG 0.25–0.34 (42%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Lindblom – Patrick8:56

    xG 0.58–0.17 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Weise – Laughton – Raffl11:08

    xG 0.61–0.21 (75%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny11:22

    xG 0.44–0.23 (66%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Weal9:14

    xG 0.21–0.64 (24%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov18:34

    xG 0.72–0.34 (68%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Gostisbehere13:25

    xG 0.67–0.34 (66%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. Hagg – Folin10:35

    xG 0.23–0.82 (22%)attempts 9–18goals 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 3.0 xGCGY 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 73/100 · #356 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 63% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

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

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