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Sat, Dec 11, 2021·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 63% of the time.

ARI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11431218534
ARI11111318332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:14PHIJames van RiemsdykUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:53ARIJay BeagleAssists: Antoine Roussel, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:26PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:38ARINick SchmaltzAssists: Cam Dineen, Barrett Hayton · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:21PHIPatrick BrownUnassisted · Snap, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:34PHIJames van RiemsdykPPGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.21 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:50PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Cam Atkinson, Morgan Frost · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–2
  8. P3 11:35ARILawson CrouseAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Cam Dineen · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:50ARITravis Boyd: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 18:13PHIKeith Yandle: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 11:42ARILoui Eriksson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:00PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 0:00ARIDysin Mayo: Cross checking2 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 SOG0ARI
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayton won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIARI
34Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals2.2
58Shot attempts57
27Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits14
14Blocked shots16
13Giveaways8
8Takeaways8

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. bestCouturier – Laughton – Konecny10:46

    xG 0.71–0.13 (85%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Atkinson – Frost8:18

    xG 0.44–0.12 (78%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Brown – Lindblom – MacEwen5:47

    xG 0.13–0.18 (41%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Willman10:11

    xG 0.69–1.11 (38%)attempts 6–23goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov15:48

    xG 0.98–0.35 (74%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Connauton10:43

    xG 0.57–0.56 (50%)attempts 13–13goals 2–1

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim15:51

    xG 0.45–0.69 (39%)attempts 12–17goals 1–2

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Beagle – Roussel7:52

    xG 0.56–0.10 (85%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Schmaltz – Crouse – Hayton11:03

    xG 0.44–0.35 (56%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  3. Kessel – Boyd – Keller10:08

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 10–9goals 0–2

  4. Ladd – Galchenyuk – Fischer7:09

    xG 0.25–0.48 (35%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDineen – Lyubushkin10:44

    xG 0.56–0.09 (86%)attempts 15–3goals 2–0

  2. Stralman – Capobianco12:01

    xG 0.20–0.56 (26%)attempts 9–11goals 0–3

  3. Gostisbehere – Mayo17:35

    xG 0.64–1.28 (33%)attempts 17–26goals 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.

ARI 2.2 xGPHI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #505 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ARI 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 63% of the time.

ARI winsPHI wins

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

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