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Sat, Nov 9, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 64% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI28010013012332
TOR010111111081240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:08PHIPhilippe MyersAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:28PHIOskar LindblomPPAssists: Travis Konecny, Shayne Gostisbehere · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:11TORTravis DermottAssists: William Nylander, Auston Matthews · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:58TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR John Tavares stopped
  2. 2. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  3. 3. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  5. 5. TOR William Nylander scored
  6. 6. PHI Sean Couturier scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:21TORNicholas Shore: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:03TORIlya Mikheyev: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:27PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:26TORDmytro Timashov: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 13:10PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min
  6. OT 4:52PHITravis Konecny: 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 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITOR
32Shots on goal40
2.8Expected goals3.7
62Shot attempts69
29Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits19
13Blocked shots17
6Giveaways11
2Takeaways3

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestPitlick – Andreoff – Raffl5:55

    xG 0.57–0.01 (99%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Hayes – Twarynski10:11

    xG 0.16–0.14 (54%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Lindblom – Konecny10:49

    xG 0.22–0.42 (34%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Farabee9:56

    xG 0.28–0.57 (33%)attempts 8–11goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Gostisbehere10:36

    xG 0.59–0.05 (92%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Myers16:21

    xG 0.48–0.63 (43%)attempts 14–23goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Provorov15:33

    xG 0.47–0.75 (38%)attempts 14–18goals 0–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnsson – Nylander – Matthews12:33

    xG 0.79–0.38 (67%)attempts 16–9goals 2–1

  2. Tavares – Kapanen – Moore7:56

    xG 0.42–0.10 (81%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Kapanen – Mikheyev5:00

    xG 0.10–0.07 (58%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Marner – Moore3:23

    xG 0.02–0.11 (16%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Ceci16:21

    xG 0.64–0.31 (68%)attempts 22–13goals 0–0

  2. Holl – Dermott9:42

    xG 0.44–0.50 (47%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

  3. Muzzin – Barrie17:12

    xG 0.43–0.86 (33%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

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.

TOR 3.7 xGPHI 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #372 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 64% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

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

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