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Thu, Oct 24, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1511325423
CHI0701116124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:05PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:59PHIClaude GirouxGWGAssists: Travis Sanheim, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:00CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Andrew Shaw, Kirby Dach · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:03PHIKevin HayesAssists: Scott Laughton, Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:44PHIJames van RiemsdykUnassisted · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:49PHIIvan Provorov: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 10:29CHIDominik Kubalik: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 14:15PHIJustin Braun: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:33PHIIvan Provorov: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 7:27PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 7:55CHIPatrick Kane: 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
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Kampf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICHI
23Shots on goal24
3.3Expected goals2.8
40Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won16
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
27Hits24
19Blocked shots12
7Giveaways12
9Takeaways5

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. bestHayes – Laughton – Farabee9:56

    xG 1.00–0.81 (55%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Voracek11:38

    xG 0.86–0.70 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 2–1

  3. Couturier – Lindblom – Konecny9:30

    xG 0.40–0.26 (60%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Stewart – Raffl – Vorobyev4:40

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Provorov15:20

    xG 1.36–1.00 (58%)attempts 12–16goals 3–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg13:14

    xG 0.98–0.78 (56%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  3. Braun – Sanheim11:50

    xG 0.34–0.14 (71%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestShaw – Saad – Dach4:28

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Carpenter – Nylander – Caggiula6:22

    xG 0.36–0.21 (63%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Shaw – DeBrincat6:05

    xG 0.53–0.48 (52%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. Toews – Strome – DeBrincat2:50

    xG 0.04–0.00 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKoekkoek – Gustafsson11:41

    xG 0.94–0.82 (53%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  2. Keith – Gustafsson2:54

    xG 0.28–0.21 (58%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Maatta – Koekkoek3:07

    xG 0.04–0.13 (25%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

CHI 2.8 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 28/100 · #800 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 59% 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).