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Tue, Apr 2, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI09215010234
DAL2528217630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:34DALJason DickinsonAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alexander Radulov · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:14DALEsa LindellPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Alexander Radulov · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:13PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Nolan Patrick, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:33PHIShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:39DALAlexander RadulovPPGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:40DALTyler PitlickAssists: Roope Hintz, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.24 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:33DALBlake ComeauAssists: Radek Faksa, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–5
  8. P3 9:43DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Jason Dickinson · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:50PHISamuel Morin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:12PHITravis Sanheim: Holding2 min
  3. P2 11:11DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:02PHINolan Patrick: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:56DALRoman Polak: Elbowing2 min
  6. P2 17:57PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 1:16PHITravis Konecny: Abuse of officials2 min
  8. P3 4:15PHIRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 10:38DALMattias Janmark: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 14:01DALAlexander Radulov: Cross checking2 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDAL
34Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals3.0
55Shot attempts58
34Faceoffs won35
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
18Hits14
16Blocked shots12
10Giveaways14
7Takeaways12

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 – van Riemsdyk – Couturier8:26

    xG 0.63–0.03 (96%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  2. Lindblom – Konecny – Patrick8:39

    xG 0.37–0.20 (65%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Voracek – Hartman – Patrick2:11

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Knight – Raffl – Bailey4:10

    xG 0.02–0.14 (12%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov16:08

    xG 0.74–0.52 (59%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg11:36

    xG 0.60–0.48 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

  3. Gostisbehere – Myers2:02

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Zuccarello – Hintz6:42

    xG 0.34–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Pitlick – Janmark6:31

    xG 0.32–0.05 (87%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Seguin – Dickinson5:26

    xG 0.29–0.31 (48%)attempts 4–6goals 2–1

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa8:30

    xG 0.16–0.49 (25%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Heiskanen11:58

    xG 0.76–0.48 (61%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  2. Lovejoy – Fedun10:33

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Polak – Lindell2:17

    xG 0.05–0.08 (38%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

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.

DAL 3.0 xGPHI 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #386 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

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

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