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Thu, Dec 16, 2021·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 77% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI08214011060239
MTL11901118021340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:20MTLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Brett Kulak, Alexander Romanov · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:20PHIMax WillmanAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:00PHIJackson CatesAssists: Patrick Brown, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:21MTLLaurent DauphinAssists: Ben Chiarot, David Savard · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Jonathan Drouin scored
  2. 2. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
  3. 3. MTL Cole Caufield stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  5. 5. MTL Mike Hoffman stopped
  6. 6. PHI Cam Atkinson stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:33PHIZack MacEwen: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:31PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:25MTLJoel Armia: Tripping2 min
  4. OT 0:44MTLBen Chiarot: 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 SOG0MTL
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suzuki won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
39Shots on goal40
3.0Expected goals4.9
64Shot attempts67
30Faceoffs won20
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
13Hits22
11Blocked shots15
16Giveaways15
1Takeaways3

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. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Willman9:27

    xG 0.45–0.63 (42%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Brown – MacEwen – Cates5:36

    xG 0.27–0.51 (34%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Atkinson – Lindblom11:32

    xG 0.17–0.51 (26%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Couturier – Laughton – Konecny14:25

    xG 0.41–1.30 (24%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ristolainen – Sanheim19:02

    xG 0.87–1.11 (44%)attempts 21–13goals 1–1

  2. Yandle – Connauton12:07

    xG 0.45–1.28 (26%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  3. Braun – Provorov18:11

    xG 0.20–1.28 (13%)attempts 14–23goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestLehkonen – Poehling – Caufield10:01

    xG 1.40–0.14 (91%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Armia – Paquette – Pezzetta6:04

    xG 0.48–0.21 (70%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Evans – Suzuki13:15

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  4. Dauphin – Drouin – Ylonen12:23

    xG 0.88–0.76 (54%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Chiarot18:28

    xG 1.63–0.37 (81%)attempts 25–13goals 1–0

  2. Kulak – Clague12:50

    xG 0.77–0.40 (66%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Romanov18:03

    xG 1.01–0.88 (54%)attempts 12–24goals 0–2

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.

MTL 4.9 xGPHI 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #539 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 77% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

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

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