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Fri, Jan 31, 2020·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 69% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI141911700330
PIT033120411420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:31PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Matt Niskanen, Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:55PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Bryan Rust · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:16PITBryan RustPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:03PITKris LetangPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:29PHITyler PitlickAssists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Matt Niskanen · Snap, 0.22 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:20PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:55PITSidney CrosbyGWGAssists: Kris Letang, Jared McCann · Snap, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 17:52PITAlex Galchenyuk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:05PHIPhilippe Myers: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:58PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:04PHITravis Konecny: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:46PITSidney Crosby: 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 SOG0PIT
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malkin won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIPIT
30Shots on goal20
2.8Expected goals1.9
54Shot attempts35
27Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
32Hits26
9Blocked shots13
2Giveaways11
7Takeaways8

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 – van Riemsdyk – Konecny13:09

    xG 0.75–0.30 (71%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Pitlick – Hayes – Laughton4:12

    xG 0.33–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Pitlick – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman3:13

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman2:38

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Provorov18:33

    xG 1.15–0.57 (67%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  2. Braun – Hagg13:01

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Sanheim – Myers13:00

    xG 0.55–0.38 (59%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. Agozzino – Galchenyuk – Angello3:36

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese12:07

    xG 0.03–0.22 (11%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  3. Crosby – McCann – Simon13:24

    xG 0.59–0.91 (39%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

  4. Malkin – Hornqvist – Rust14:44

    xG 0.44–0.78 (36%)attempts 9–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Letang14:05

    xG 0.43–0.57 (43%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

  2. Letang – Pettersson3:23

    xG 0.01–0.30 (4%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Schultz3:38

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

PIT 1.9 xGPHI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #211 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 69% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

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

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