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Sat, Dec 21, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Ottawa Senators 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI1152818071538
OTT0173818010434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:16PHIKevin HayesPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Brian Elliott · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:03PHIJames van RiemsdykUnassisted · Backhand, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:00OTTTyler EnnisAssists: Andreas Englund, Colin White · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:25OTTMark BorowieckiAssists: Erik Brannstrom, Tyler Ennis · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:21OTTAnthony DuclairPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.22 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:12PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Morgan Frost · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–3
  7. P3 1:10PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Philippe Myers · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P3 10:17OTTTyler EnnisAssists: Anthony Duclair, Mark Borowiecki · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Morgan Frost stopped
  2. 2. OTT Tyler Ennis stopped
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. OTT Anthony Duclair stopped
  5. 5. PHI Sean Couturier scored
  6. 6. OTT Vladislav Namestnikov stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:42OTTThomas Chabot: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:45PHIAndy Andreoff: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 10:27OTTThomas Chabot: Holding2 min
  4. P1 15:53PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:19OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 11:21PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Holding2 min
  7. P2 17:21PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 4:46OTTErik Brannstrom: Interference2 min
  9. P3 17:10OTTBrady Tkachuk: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Tkachuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
38Shots on goal34
4.2Expected goals4.4
68Shot attempts56
36Faceoffs won27
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
24Hits28
15Blocked shots16
7Giveaways11
3Takeaways11

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. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny14:08

    xG 0.98–0.52 (65%)attempts 23–8goals 0–1

  2. Voracek – Pitlick – Frost6:29

    xG 0.49–0.11 (81%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Aube-Kubel11:02

    xG 0.40–0.38 (52%)attempts 12–12goals 2–1

  4. Stewart – Andreoff – Vorobyev3:25

    xG 0.07–0.51 (12%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – Myers11:38

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 14–14goals 2–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg9:23

    xG 0.14–0.21 (40%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Sanheim14:51

    xG 0.36–0.92 (28%)attempts 14–9goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestEnnis – Tierney – Duclair2:43

    xG 0.42–0.04 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Anisimov – Ennis – Namestnikov2:50

    xG 0.01–0.00 (81%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Tierney – Duclair – Paul4:41

    xG 0.04–0.09 (32%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Pageau – Brown – Tkachuk11:06

    xG 0.43–0.49 (47%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnglund – Lajoie7:00

    xG 0.59–0.02 (97%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Chabot4:34

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Borowiecki – Brannstrom11:33

    xG 0.05–0.30 (13%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

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.

OTT 4.4 xGPHI 4.2 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #43 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.73 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 52% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

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

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