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Wed, Oct 16, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 92% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI116011225352
EDM2831014622

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:13EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Slap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:36PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier · Snap, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:52EDMEthan BearAssists: James Neal, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:34EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Kris Russell, Oscar Klefbom · Snap, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:32EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P2 16:26EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–5
  7. P3 3:40EDMBrandon ManningAssists: Connor McDavid, Zack Kassian · Slap, 0.04 xG1–6
  8. P3 15:20PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Jakub Voracek, Justin Braun · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–6
  9. P3 17:42PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Ivan Provorov, Claude Giroux · Slap, 0.11 xG3–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:31EDMEthan Bear: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:09EDMMarkus Granlund: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:00PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:06PHICarsen Twarynski: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:45EDMPatrick Russell: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 8:23EDMMarkus Granlund: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 16:51EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:36EDMJujhar Khaira: 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIEDM
52Shots on goal22
6.5Expected goals2.6
85Shot attempts37
31Faceoffs won31
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
23Hits23
9Blocked shots19
23Giveaways25
15Takeaways10

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 – Laughton – Raffl5:30

    xG 0.89–0.01 (99%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny13:47

    xG 1.04–0.34 (76%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Lindblom3:52

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  4. Voracek – Hayes – Lindblom7:24

    xG 0.38–0.24 (62%)attempts 6–4goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Sanheim12:41

    xG 1.95–0.46 (81%)attempts 20–8goals 0–1

  2. Braun – Provorov14:14

    xG 0.92–0.38 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Hagg11:28

    xG 0.55–0.26 (68%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins10:45

    xG 0.50–0.25 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Archibald – Jurco – Granlund7:19

    xG 0.16–0.35 (31%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Sheahan – Khaira – Russell10:54

    xG 0.33–0.78 (30%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid14:24

    xG 0.65–1.94 (25%)attempts 8–22goals 3–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Benning10:19

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Klefbom15:05

    xG 0.65–1.34 (33%)attempts 12–21goals 2–0

  3. Nurse – Bear19:01

    xG 0.66–1.73 (28%)attempts 11–21goals 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.

EDM 2.6 xGPHI 6.5 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #344 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50EDM 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 92% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

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

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