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Fri, Mar 15, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Philadelphia Flyers 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 82% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1114919629
TOR119316316751

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:22PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Nolan Patrick · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:45TORPatrick MarleauPPAssists: William Nylander, Jake Muzzin · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:15PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Radko Gudas, Nolan Patrick · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:26PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.37 xG3–1
  5. P2 9:27TORZach HymanAssists: Mitch Marner, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:29PHIRadko GudasAssists: Robert Hagg, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P2 13:27PHIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny · Backhand, 0.11 xG5–2
  8. P2 16:08TORJake MuzzinAssists: Ron Hainsey, Nazem Kadri · Snap, 0.02 xG5–3
  9. P2 18:11TORJake MuzzinAssists: Connor Brown, Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–4
  10. P3 2:55TORMartin MarincinAssists: Nazem Kadri, Justin Holl · Deflected, 0.01 xG5–5
  11. P3 15:00TORAuston MatthewsAssists: William Nylander · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–6
  12. P3 17:21TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Andreas Johnsson, Nikita Zaitsev · Snap, 0.19 xG5–7
  13. P3 18:46PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · Tip-in, 0.14 xG6–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:11PHIPhilippe Myers: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:22PHITravis Sanheim: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:44PHIRadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  4. P2 10:42PHITravis Sanheim: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 10:42TORAndreas Johnsson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 18:49TORWilliam Nylander: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 3:49PHIJakub Voracek: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:14TORNazem Kadri: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITOR
29Shots on goal51
2.9Expected goals5.4
49Shot attempts96
31Faceoffs won41
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
13Hits11
26Blocked shots8
18Giveaways21
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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Lindblom3:26

    xG 0.32–0.14 (70%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Patrick3:19

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom4:18

    xG 0.03–0.02 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Couturier3:12

    xG 0.01–0.24 (4%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere2:10

    xG 0.55–0.29 (66%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Myers2:27

    xG 0.11–0.02 (85%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Provorov – Myers2:17

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

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnsson – Nylander – Matthews13:30

    xG 1.46–0.49 (75%)attempts 26–11goals 1–1

  2. Tavares – Hyman – Marner13:05

    xG 0.65–0.42 (60%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  3. Marleau – Kadri – Brown8:15

    xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 14–4goals 3–0

  4. Ennis – Gauthier – Moore2:54

    xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly13:42

    xG 1.53–0.86 (64%)attempts 23–11goals 2–1

  2. Muzzin – Zaitsev13:22

    xG 0.69–0.48 (59%)attempts 19–12goals 2–1

  3. Marincin – Holl6:24

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

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.

TOR 5.4 xGPHI 2.9 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 100/100 · #4 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.53 · 13 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 82% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

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

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