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Sat, Oct 30, 2021·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 92% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0405011020
CGY08116312436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:07CGYSean MonahanPPGWGAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Elias Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:30CGYMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:11CGYMikael BacklundENAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.74 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:01CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Chris Tanev, Oliver Kylington · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:34PHIJustin Braun: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:54CGYBrett Ritchie: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 4:19PHITravis Sanheim: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:54PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:44CGYNikita Zadorov: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 17:16PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 7:56PHIZack MacEwen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 11:40PHIJustin Braun: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 11:40CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 11:40CGYElias Lindholm: Roughing2 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 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICGY
20Shots on goal36
1.5Expected goals4.5
40Shot attempts58
34Faceoffs won30
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
10Hits11
12Blocked shots14
11Giveaways17
8Takeaways9

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. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny9:29

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Lindblom6:26

    xG 0.02–0.02 (46%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Brown – MacEwen9:27

    xG 0.15–0.37 (29%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Atkinson – Farabee9:14

    xG 0.11–0.85 (12%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Provorov3:00

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Sanheim3:19

    xG 0.00–0.19 (2%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim11:26

    xG 0.46–0.66 (41%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk13:47

    xG 0.83–0.12 (87%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Ritchie – Mangiapane – Dube7:44

    xG 0.64–0.13 (83%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Lucic – Monahan8:15

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Pitlick – Coleman10:46

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Kylington16:22

    xG 1.41–0.21 (87%)attempts 21–6goals 1–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson13:21

    xG 0.52–0.25 (68%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Zadorov13:26

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 7–12goals 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.

CGY 4.5 xGPHI 1.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1186 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 92% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).