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Thu, Jan 10, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Dallas Stars 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL07013118138
PHI0626010222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:23PHITravis KonecnyAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Radko Gudas · Deflected, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:51PHIJames van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier · Deflected, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:09DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 6:30DALMattias Janmark: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 6:30PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:27DALJohn Klingberg: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 16:03PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:40DALTaylor Fedun: Holding2 min
  6. P3 8:08PHIWayne Simmonds: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHI
38Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals2.3
67Shot attempts51
31Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits18
16Blocked shots18
9Giveaways11
5Takeaways8

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Seguin – Janmark5:04

    xG 0.43–0.04 (92%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Janmark – Hintz5:20

    xG 0.47–0.09 (85%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Condra – Benn3:59

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin9:49

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Honka6:13

    xG 0.50–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Honka3:46

    xG 0.48–0.05 (91%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Heiskanen6:01

    xG 0.49–0.10 (84%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Simmonds – Laughton – Patrick8:35

    xG 0.19–0.14 (57%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom10:31

    xG 0.03–0.25 (11%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  3. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny10:24

    xG 0.58–0.94 (38%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  4. Weise – Varone – Raffl5:46

    xG 0.06–0.52 (10%)attempts 1–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Gostisbehere11:18

    xG 0.77–0.38 (67%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – Hagg4:54

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov18:55

    xG 0.23–0.62 (27%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

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 2.3 xGDAL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1115 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

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

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