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Tue, Feb 12, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Minnesota Wild 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 56% of the time.

MIN winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1721128526
MIN313011115439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:54PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Phil Varone · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:58MINZach ParisePPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Jared Spurgeon · Snap, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:45MINLuke KuninUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:28MINLuke KuninAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Jared Spurgeon · Snap, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:42PHIJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Shayne Gostisbehere · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:57PHISean CouturierAssists: Travis Sanheim, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:06MINJared SpurgeonAssists: Ryan Suter, Marcus Foligno · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 6:30PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Travis Sanheim · Slap, 0.05 xG4–4
  9. P3 15:31PHIJames van RiemsdykPPGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.41 xG5–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:19PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:28PHIRadko Gudas: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 14:02PHIScott Laughton: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:12PHIRobert Hagg: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 7:37MINEric Fehr: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:02MINZach Parise: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 14:17PHINolan Patrick: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 14:11MINNick Seeler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 18:33MINRyan Suter: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laughton won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMIN
26Shots on goal39
2.8Expected goals3.2
40Shot attempts74
38Faceoffs won31
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
14Hits15
20Blocked shots4
3Giveaways4
4Takeaways5

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Couturier7:31

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  2. Simmonds – Lindblom – Patrick7:13

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Laughton – Patrick4:05

    xG 0.12–0.15 (45%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Varone – Raffl – Bailey4:06

    xG 0.01–0.06 (19%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hagg2:40

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Gostisbehere5:10

    xG 0.12–0.33 (26%)attempts 4–6goals 0–3

  3. Sanheim – Provorov18:06

    xG 0.60–0.96 (38%)attempts 13–21goals 2–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Zucker – Greenway11:24

    xG 0.84–0.27 (76%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  2. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin4:33

    xG 0.21–0.08 (73%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Hendricks – Fehr – Foligno2:36

    xG 0.01–0.03 (31%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Parise – Coyle – Granlund11:50

    xG 0.45–0.54 (46%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon12:53

    xG 1.16–0.47 (71%)attempts 23–13goals 3–1

  2. Bitetto – Brodin14:35

    xG 0.71–0.37 (66%)attempts 21–3goals 0–1

  3. Pateryn – Seeler13:22

    xG 0.33–0.30 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

MIN 3.2 xGPHI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #61 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.44 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 56% of the time.

MIN winsPHI wins

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

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