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Tue, Nov 2, 2021·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Arizona Coyotes 0, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0130907029
PHI013010311334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 6:54PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 17:51PHIScott LaughtonAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Justin Braun · Snap, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:23PHIClaude GirouxENAssists: Sean Couturier, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.78 xG0–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 14:28ARIVictor Soderstrom: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 16:59ARIPhil Kessel: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P3 8:39ARIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← ARI attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laughton won the faceoff against Larsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIPHI
29Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals4.3
53Shot attempts66
20Faceoffs won33
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
25Hits23
17Blocked shots13
4Giveaways7
6Takeaways5

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCrouse – Keller – Hayton12:00

    xG 0.75–0.49 (60%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Kessel – Larsson – Jaskin12:36

    xG 0.74–0.65 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  3. Eriksson – Ladd – Beagle11:22

    xG 0.45–0.44 (50%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  4. Roussel – O'Brien – Fischer5:21

    xG 0.01–0.23 (5%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Gostisbehere16:04

    xG 0.82–0.51 (62%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Mayo – Chychrun17:53

    xG 0.60–0.61 (49%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. Chychrun – Soderstrom3:12

    xG 0.28–0.46 (38%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Laughton – Lindblom13:57

    xG 0.73–0.54 (57%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Aube-Kubel – MacEwen8:02

    xG 0.53–0.43 (55%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Atkinson – Farabee11:20

    xG 0.30–0.29 (50%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny13:19

    xG 0.30–0.65 (32%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Provorov16:20

    xG 0.25–0.43 (37%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Seeler13:09

    xG 0.31–0.56 (36%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim17:14

    xG 0.86–1.18 (42%)attempts 19–16goals 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.

PHI 4.3 xGARI 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1220 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 79% of the time.

PHI winsARI wins

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

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