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Sat, Feb 2, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Edmonton Oilers 4, Philadelphia Flyers 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM2181171900444
PHI1711221713539

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:10PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:03EDMTy RattieAssists: Milan Lucic · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:33EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Zack Kassian, Jujhar Khaira · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:19EDMAdam LarssonAssists: Kevin Gravel, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:54PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:07EDMZack KassianSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–2
  7. P3 4:34PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–3
  8. P3 11:02PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:01PHINolan PatrickGWGAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:44EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:14PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:26PHIIvan Provorov: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:32PHIScott Laughton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 10:29EDMMilan Lucic: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:05EDMKyle Brodziak: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:46EDMKris Russell: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 18:46PHIMichael Raffl: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 3:00EDMMilan Lucic: High sticking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 10:42EDMZack Kassian: High sticking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMPHI
44Shots on goal39
4.2Expected goals3.4
69Shot attempts67
31Faceoffs won31
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
20Hits20
16Blocked shots15
8Giveaways8
13Takeaways7

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Rieder – Draisaitl8:47

    xG 0.44–0.08 (84%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Rattie – McDavid10:37

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira9:48

    xG 0.40–0.17 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Cave – Puljujarvi7:23

    xG 0.25–0.43 (37%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGravel – Larsson15:14

    xG 0.59–0.10 (86%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Manning – Benning8:23

    xG 0.68–0.32 (68%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  3. Larsson – Nurse2:18

    xG 0.34–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Laughton – Patrick8:21

    xG 0.60–0.39 (61%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier3:00

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom5:37

    xG 0.16–0.17 (48%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny9:41

    xG 0.53–0.56 (49%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere13:09

    xG 0.43–0.04 (92%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Provorov16:27

    xG 0.37–0.86 (30%)attempts 16–19goals 0–2

  3. Gudas – Hagg12:50

    xG 0.19–0.94 (17%)attempts 9–17goals 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 3.4 xGEDM 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 95/100 · #73 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

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

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