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Sat, Dec 7, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 84% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT19111110330
PHI260827421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:45PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Morgan Frost, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:27OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Connor Brown · Snap, 0.37 xG1–1
  3. P1 6:16PHIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Tyler Pitlick, James van Riemsdyk · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:18OTTAnthony DuclairSHUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:17PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Joel Farabee, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:00OTTAnthony DuclairAssists: Thomas Chabot, Dylan DeMelo · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:11PHIScott LaughtonGWGAssists: Kevin Hayes, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.32 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:07PHIJustin Braun: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:43PHIJakub Voracek: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 18:43OTTNick Paul: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 0:19PHIJoel Farabee: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 0:19OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:19PHIKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 12:19OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 10:36PHIIvan Provorov: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 19:35OTTBrady Tkachuk: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 19:35OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
30Shots on goal21
3.9Expected goals1.8
57Shot attempts39
24Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
16Penalty minutes16
22Hits19
6Blocked shots11
6Giveaways13
2Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPageau – Brown – Tkachuk11:29

    xG 0.89–0.28 (76%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  2. Ennis – Tierney – Duclair2:00

    xG 0.12–0.06 (66%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Ennis – Namestnikov – Tierney6:17

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Paul – Brown – Davidsson2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot15:22

    xG 0.83–0.27 (76%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – DeMelo3:06

    xG 0.37–0.04 (91%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  3. Goloubef – Borowiecki9:07

    xG 0.12–0.12 (51%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestPitlick – Couturier – Lindblom2:04

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Pitlick – Frost3:04

    xG 0.09–0.02 (85%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Pitlick – Vorobyev2:52

    xG 0.10–0.04 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Frost3:17

    xG 0.11–0.17 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Myers11:42

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Niskanen – Provorov17:26

    xG 1.09–0.92 (54%)attempts 17–11goals 2–1

  3. Braun – Sanheim13:07

    xG 0.08–0.74 (10%)attempts 6–17goals 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 1.8 xGOTT 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #241 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 84% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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