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Sat, Jan 4, 2020·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Arizona Coyotes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01007212229
ARI3121624622

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:33ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Vinnie Hinostroza · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:30ARIJordan OesterleAssists: Ilya Lyubushkin, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:15ARIClayton KellerPPGWGAssists: Taylor Hall, Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:59ARILawson CrouseAssists: Derek Stepan, Alex Goligoski · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P3 3:00PHITyler PitlickUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 4:27ARIClayton KellerAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–5
  7. P3 8:46PHIJustin BraunAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:36ARIDerek StepanENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.53 xG2–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:41PHISean Couturier: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 15:23PHITravis Sanheim: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:24ARIVinnie Hinostroza: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:36PHIScott Laughton: Interference2 min
  5. P2 8:18ARIChristian Dvorak: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 10:48ARIJordan Oesterle: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 12:22PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 17:26PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 0:00PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 0:00ARIVinnie Hinostroza: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 16:39ARIPhil Kessel: Tripping2 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 SOG0ARI
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIARI
29Shots on goal22
2.4Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts42
37Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
24Hits19
10Blocked shots12
13Giveaways13
3Takeaways7

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. bestPitlick – Raffl – Aube-Kubel4:34

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 10–2goals 0–1

  2. Laughton – Raffl – Farabee2:59

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Pitlick3:38

    xG 0.08–0.05 (61%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Andreoff – Laughton – Farabee4:48

    xG 0.09–0.15 (37%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Gostisbehere10:15

    xG 0.52–0.13 (80%)attempts 16–4goals 2–1

  2. Niskanen – Provorov12:40

    xG 0.51–0.65 (44%)attempts 14–10goals 0–2

  3. Sanheim – Myers11:18

    xG 0.19–0.66 (23%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestSoderberg – Schmaltz – Keller8:11

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  2. Richardson – Hinostroza – Fischer8:28

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Dvorak – Garland8:32

    xG 0.34–0.36 (48%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  4. Kessel – Stepan – Crouse8:57

    xG 0.06–0.34 (15%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – Lyubushkin10:21

    xG 0.46–0.37 (55%)attempts 6–12goals 1–1

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun13:13

    xG 0.43–0.60 (42%)attempts 10–16goals 2–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson11:14

    xG 0.17–0.37 (31%)attempts 8–12goals 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.

ARI 2.8 xGPHI 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #863 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsPHI wins

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

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