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Mon, Feb 3, 2020·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Detroit Red Wings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 87% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01219210331
DET050605016

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:31PHIScott LaughtonGWGAssists: Michael Raffl, Robert Hagg · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:47PHIKevin HayesSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:43PHIMatt NiskanenENAssists: Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.48 xG3–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:02DETTrevor Daley: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:02DETAlex Biega: Holding2 min
  3. P3 2:03PHIScott Laughton: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 16:24PHIJakub Voracek: 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDET
31Shots on goal16
3.7Expected goals1.4
65Shot attempts31
29Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
10Hits21
6Blocked shots14
7Giveaways10
4Takeaways2

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 – Konecny11:18

    xG 0.95–0.08 (92%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Couturier – Farabee11:12

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman8:13

    xG 0.29–0.05 (86%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Pitlick – Hayes – Laughton10:08

    xG 0.30–0.21 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Provorov16:37

    xG 0.90–0.11 (89%)attempts 19–3goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Myers15:26

    xG 0.79–0.27 (75%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Hagg13:40

    xG 0.61–0.29 (68%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Helm – Athanasiou – Larkin4:16

    xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Perlini – Larkin2:08

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – Ehn – Smith5:29

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Perlini – Fabbri5:33

    xG 0.10–0.25 (29%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Bowey12:19

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  2. Nemeth – Hronek2:42

    xG 0.00–0.33 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Nemeth13:57

    xG 0.22–0.61 (27%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

DET 1.4 xGPHI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1013 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 87% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

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

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