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Tue, Oct 15, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0100616122
CGY113113112338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:35CGYMichael FrolikUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:15CGYAndrew MangiapaneGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:58PHIMatt NiskanenAssists: Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier · Slap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:49CGYElias LindholmENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:54CGYMichael Frolik: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:22CGYSam Bennett: Interference2 min
  3. P1 10:52PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 11:25CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Holding2 min
  5. P1 15:37PHIIvan Provorov: Holding2 min
  6. P2 5:06PHITyler Pitlick: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 6:51CGYJohnny Gaudreau: 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 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICGY
22Shots on goal38
1.6Expected goals2.2
40Shot attempts56
41Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits13
12Blocked shots13
11Giveaways7
2Takeaways8

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hayes – Lindblom5:20

    xG 0.20–0.11 (64%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Hayes6:21

    xG 0.20–0.17 (53%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny5:37

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Voracek – Laughton – Twarynski2:58

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Gostisbehere4:35

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Provorov7:32

    xG 0.15–0.12 (54%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Hagg7:01

    xG 0.17–0.28 (38%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan12:54

    xG 0.48–0.04 (91%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Jankowski – Bennett – Czarnik5:09

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Mangiapane – Ryan8:45

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk10:03

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin14:31

    xG 0.60–0.33 (64%)attempts 24–12goals 0–1

  2. Andersson – Kylington14:37

    xG 0.26–0.01 (96%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie15:42

    xG 0.52–0.40 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 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.

CGY 2.2 xGPHI 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #925 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

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

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