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Thu, Mar 21, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1160725328
CHI114016011141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:39CHIErik GustafssonAssists: Gustav Forsling, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:43PHICorban KnightAssists: Justin Bailey, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:50PHIJames van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Jakub Voracek · Backhand, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:46PHISean CouturierENAssists: Claude Giroux, Oskar Lindblom · Wrist, 0.77 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:15CHIGustav Forsling: Holding2 min
  2. P2 0:59PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 11:08PHIRyan Hartman: Holding2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Patrick
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICHI
28Shots on goal41
3.3Expected goals3.2
44Shot attempts72
30Faceoffs won26
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
29Hits17
18Blocked shots11
11Giveaways11
8Takeaways8

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. Knight – Varone – Bailey5:40

    xG 0.31–0.26 (54%)attempts 3–9goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Patrick2:05

    xG 0.04–0.04 (48%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier10:08

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick6:45

    xG 0.02–0.16 (9%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gudas – Hagg12:40

    xG 0.56–0.59 (49%)attempts 12–20goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – Provorov2:39

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Myers11:41

    xG 0.33–0.66 (33%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerlini – Strome – DeBrincat11:23

    xG 0.73–0.37 (66%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  2. Anisimov – Saad – Kahun12:26

    xG 0.69–0.39 (64%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Kane – Sikura14:27

    xG 0.61–0.49 (56%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  4. Kunitz – Kruger – Kampf6:20

    xG 0.17–0.15 (52%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Forsling13:55

    xG 0.92–0.23 (80%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Dahlstrom16:59

    xG 0.47–0.35 (58%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Gustafsson17:03

    xG 0.56–0.88 (39%)attempts 18–15goals 0–2

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.

CHI 3.2 xGPHI 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #1010 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 51% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

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

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