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Thu, Nov 7, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Montréal Canadiens 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 78% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL012171500224
PHI1181160811343

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:51PHIPhilippe MyersUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:49PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:44MTLBen ChiarotAssists: Nick Cousins, Phillip Danault · Snap, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:05MTLShea WeberAssists: Jonathan Drouin · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:55PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:43MTLTomas Tatar: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 5:40MTLTomas Tatar: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:28MTLArtturi Lehkonen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:06MTLArtturi Lehkonen: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 5:07MTLNick Cousins: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 10:33MTLTomas Tatar: Delaying game bench2 min
  7. P3 13:17MTLShea Weber: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% to win
← MTL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLPHI
24Shots on goal43
1.9Expected goals3.7
45Shot attempts69
25Faceoffs won25
0Power plays6
12Penalty minutes0
34Hits27
13Blocked shots12
6Giveaways8
4Takeaways9

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGallagher – Cousins – Danault5:59

    xG 0.31–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Byron – Lehkonen – Poehling6:03

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Cousins – Suzuki4:21

    xG 0.29–0.27 (52%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Byron – Lehkonen2:48

    xG 0.02–0.09 (18%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Chiarot15:46

    xG 0.78–0.48 (62%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Mete2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Fleury9:17

    xG 0.43–0.44 (49%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – van Riemsdyk – Farabee10:54

    xG 0.21–0.06 (79%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Couturier – Lindblom – Konecny11:28

    xG 0.49–0.45 (53%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Voracek – Hayes – Twarynski10:49

    xG 0.73–0.70 (51%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  4. Pitlick – Raffl – Vorobyev7:00

    xG 0.09–0.45 (17%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Myers14:54

    xG 0.50–0.23 (69%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Braun – Gostisbehere12:41

    xG 0.47–0.62 (43%)attempts 12–16goals 0–1

  3. Niskanen – Provorov15:39

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 12–11goals 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.

PHI 3.7 xGMTL 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #367 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 78% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

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

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