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Sat, Jan 19, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

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

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01213310524
MTL012010213235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:01PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:34PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Robert Hagg, Travis Konecny · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 7:06PHINolan PatrickGWGAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 7:36MTLMax DomiAssists: Tomas Tatar, Artturi Lehkonen · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:32PHINolan PatrickAssists: Jakub Voracek, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:00MTLBrett KulakAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.23 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:08PHIMichael RafflENAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.67 xG5–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 7:09MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 13:33PHIJakub Voracek: Interference2 min
  3. P3 1:37MTLJonathan Drouin: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
24Shots on goal35
3.2Expected goals2.1
51Shot attempts70
26Faceoffs won26
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
17Hits30
23Blocked shots18
19Giveaways21
6Takeaways8

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. Simmonds – Laughton – Patrick10:54

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny11:22

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

  3. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom11:44

    xG 0.12–0.44 (22%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Varone – Raffl5:17

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. MacDonald – Gudas15:11

    xG 0.19–0.42 (32%)attempts 8–20goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg11:06

    xG 0.56–0.82 (41%)attempts 15–15goals 3–1

  3. Sanheim – Provorov19:01

    xG 0.36–0.62 (36%)attempts 11–25goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Lehkonen – Domi10:30

    xG 0.65–0.03 (96%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Armia – Hudon – Kotkaniemi11:28

    xG 0.32–0.09 (77%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino7:10

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  4. Gallagher – Danault – Drouin14:18

    xG 0.50–0.64 (44%)attempts 17–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Reilly14:24

    xG 0.46–0.23 (67%)attempts 17–13goals 0–2

  2. Benn – Kulak13:09

    xG 0.51–0.38 (57%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  3. Weber – Mete16:42

    xG 0.42–0.40 (51%)attempts 20–12goals 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.

MTL 2.1 xGPHI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #636 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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.

MTL winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).