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Sat, Feb 16, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Detroit Red Wings 5, Philadelphia Flyers 6 (OT)

Expected result

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

PHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET1110941800538
PHI1132721012632

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:34PHIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Nolan Patrick, Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:07DETGustav NyquistAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Mike Green · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:59PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Ivan Provorov, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:02PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Nolan Patrick · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:31PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Oskar Lindblom · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:24PHINolan PatrickAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–5
  7. P3 2:39DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–5
  8. P3 3:23DETThomas VanekUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–5
  9. P3 8:36DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Christoffer Ehn · Tip-in, 0.06 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:53DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Mike Green, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.03 xG5–5
  11. OT 1:27PHITravis KonecnyGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrap-around, 0.15 xG5–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 1:08DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:19DETDanny DeKeyser: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 17:00PHIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 4:30PHITravis Konecny: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 4:30DETGustav Nyquist: Slashing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHI
38Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts59
32Faceoffs won36
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits28
18Blocked shots16
4Giveaways8
8Takeaways7

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – de la Rose – Mantha5:41

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Glendening – Athanasiou – Ehn2:29

    xG 0.07–0.01 (89%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Helm – de la Rose2:04

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – Bertuzzi – Larkin16:03

    xG 0.45–0.66 (41%)attempts 14–12goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. Kronwall – Green17:59

    xG 0.81–0.85 (49%)attempts 22–16goals 2–1

  2. Daley – DeKeyser2:58

    xG 0.01–0.05 (19%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – DeKeyser14:36

    xG 0.54–0.61 (47%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVarone – Raffl – Bailey6:21

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Laughton – Patrick11:21

    xG 0.59–0.27 (68%)attempts 9–12goals 3–0

  3. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom13:03

    xG 0.49–0.39 (56%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny10:04

    xG 0.25–0.56 (31%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere13:27

    xG 0.90–0.21 (81%)attempts 22–6goals 2–1

  2. Gudas – Hagg15:53

    xG 0.57–0.80 (42%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov16:55

    xG 0.50–0.89 (36%)attempts 8–24goals 2–3

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 xGDET 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #20 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.29 · 10 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 winsDET wins

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

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