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Wed, Jan 15, 2020·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Philadelphia Flyers 4, St. Louis Blues 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 55% of the time.

STL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI08291711425
STL1140821100333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:24STLJustin FaulkPPAssists: Alexander Steen, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:43PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Matt Niskanen · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:43PHIMichael RafflAssists: Robert Hagg, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:26PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:35STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Brayden Schenn, David Perron · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:39STLAlexander SteenAssists: Robert Thomas, Jaden Schwartz · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:33PHIJakub VoracekGWGAssists: Ivan Provorov, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:09PHIMatt Niskanen: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:59PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:06STLBrayden Schenn: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 12:43STLIvan Barbashev: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 12:43PHITravis Sanheim: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 0:00STLDavid Perron: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 1:03PHIMichael Raffl: Holding2 min
  8. P3 1:22PHIKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 7:01PHINicolas Aube-Kubel: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 15:36PHITravis 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 SOG0STL
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHISTL
25Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals2.8
50Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won31
2Power plays6
14Penalty minutes6
26Hits17
11Blocked shots10
5Giveaways5
12Takeaways7

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. bestGiroux – Hayes – Konecny7:14

    xG 0.21–0.06 (78%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Aube-Kubel4:29

    xG 0.17–0.06 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Couturier – Raffl8:13

    xG 0.54–0.49 (52%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  4. Stewart – Pitlick – Bunnaman3:49

    xG 0.05–0.05 (49%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Provorov12:15

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Hagg – Friedman7:07

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Sanheim – Myers9:47

    xG 0.28–0.58 (32%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – O'Reilly – Sanford9:01

    xG 0.38–0.08 (83%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Schwartz – Sundqvist9:29

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. MacEachern – de la Rose – Barbashev4:23

    xG 0.07–0.05 (59%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Bozak – Thomas6:03

    xG 0.11–0.21 (35%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Dunn11:58

    xG 0.46–0.22 (67%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Faulk11:02

    xG 0.64–0.52 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Bortuzzo – Mikkola6:53

    xG 0.09–0.22 (30%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

STL 2.8 xGPHI 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #155 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 55% of the time.

STL winsPHI wins

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

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