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Mon, Mar 11, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 80% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1605111222
PHI010315011336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:48OTTChris TierneyAssists: Ben Harpur, Rudolfs Balcers · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:02PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:02PHIMichael RafflAssists: Nolan Patrick · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:23PHIScott LaughtonGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Michael Raffl · Snap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:03OTTFilip ChlapikAssists: Zack Smith, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 9:26PHIRyan Hartman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 12:29OTTMark Borowiecki: Holding2 min
  3. P2 16:13OTTBobby Ryan: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 1:19PHIRadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:56OTTFilip Chlapik: Interference2 min
  6. P3 17:59OTTZack Smith: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
22Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals3.5
46Shot attempts65
22Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
20Hits24
17Blocked shots16
7Giveaways11
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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Duclair – Balcers2:07

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Paajarvi – Chlapik3:18

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Ryan – Pageau – Tkachuk3:53

    xG 0.20–0.43 (32%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Smith – Chlapik5:48

    xG 0.07–0.37 (15%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Harpur5:16

    xG 0.28–0.13 (67%)attempts 8–1goals 1–1

  2. Borowiecki – Ceci2:14

    xG 0.11–0.04 (76%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Chabot2:27

    xG 0.23–0.31 (42%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Lindblom13:34

    xG 1.23–0.15 (89%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Knight – Varone – Raffl2:29

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Raffl – Hartman2:38

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Raffl – Patrick2:48

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Hagg11:18

    xG 0.71–0.08 (90%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Sanheim – Provorov15:57

    xG 1.15–0.62 (65%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Myers9:31

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

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 3.5 xGOTT 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #806 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 80% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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