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Wed, Oct 27, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI31206216534
EDM213112012337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:22PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier · Wrap-around, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:05PHINate ThompsonAssists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:40EDMTyson BarrieAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:42EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P1 19:59PHICam AtkinsonAssists: Travis Sanheim, Carter Hart · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 0:54EDMZach HymanAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:18PHICam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Derick Brassard, Justin Braun · Slap, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:01PHISean CouturierENAssists: Justin Braun, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.67 xG5–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:01PHIRasmus Ristolainen: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 2:56EDMZach Hyman: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:51PHICam Atkinson: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:40PHIZack MacEwen: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 5:19EDMSlater Koekkoek: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 13:48PHITravis Konecny: Interference2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIEDM
34Shots on goal37
4.7Expected goals3.5
50Shot attempts75
30Faceoffs won22
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
27Hits21
26Blocked shots7
14Giveaways19
6Takeaways12

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Laughton – Lindblom8:14

    xG 0.72–0.13 (84%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Aube-Kubel – MacEwen6:34

    xG 0.49–0.32 (60%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny10:23

    xG 0.47–0.39 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  4. Brassard – Atkinson – Farabee9:01

    xG 0.50–0.50 (50%)attempts 6–8goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov15:05

    xG 0.66–0.53 (55%)attempts 9–16goals 2–0

  2. Yandle – Seeler9:29

    xG 0.59–0.51 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim13:30

    xG 0.98–0.91 (52%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi11:49

    xG 0.81–0.68 (54%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto12:50

    xG 0.54–0.52 (51%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Kassian – Foegele – Ryan8:59

    xG 0.30–0.43 (41%)attempts 9–6goals 0–2

  4. Turris – Shore – Perlini2:50

    xG 0.00–0.45 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard18:55

    xG 1.55–0.84 (65%)attempts 32–12goals 1–2

  2. Keith – Ceci14:31

    xG 0.26–0.64 (29%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Koekkoek10:21

    xG 0.45–1.10 (29%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

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.

EDM 3.5 xGPHI 4.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #317 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 68% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

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

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