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Tue, Feb 15, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 65% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI173130700427
PIT290182611534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:47PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Cam Atkinson, Oskar Lindblom · Snap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:09PITDominik SimonAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Brian Boyle · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:34PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:57PHIScott LaughtonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:43PHINick SeelerAssists: Travis Konecny, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:09PHIJustin BraunAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 12:36PITJake GuentzelPPAssists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.31 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:54PITChad RuhwedelAssists: Danton Heinen, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:31PITKris LetangGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:00PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:51PHIJustin Braun: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:44PHIConnor Bunnaman: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:49PITMike Matheson: Interference2 min
  5. P3 2:16PHIIsaac Ratcliffe: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 2:21PITJake Guentzel: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 12:00PHIIsaac Ratcliffe: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:13PITJake Guentzel: Tripping2 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 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIPIT
27Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals3.1
49Shot attempts58
38Faceoffs won28
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
17Hits20
14Blocked shots14
5Giveaways14
9Takeaways9

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 – Konecny11:57

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 14–11goals 3–0

  2. Giroux – Atkinson – Lindblom12:41

    xG 0.53–0.46 (54%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Willman – Ratcliffe – Frost6:55

    xG 0.06–0.26 (17%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Provorov20:36

    xG 0.42–0.49 (46%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Connauton7:07

    xG 0.13–0.26 (33%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Seeler – Sanheim18:00

    xG 0.61–0.88 (41%)attempts 14–17goals 2–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – McGinn – Kapanen8:44

    xG 0.44–0.13 (77%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Simon – Aston-Reese5:21

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Malkin – Kapanen – Rodrigues2:30

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Heinen – Rodrigues8:45

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin16:54

    xG 0.65–0.00 (100%)attempts 17–3goals 0–0

  2. Matheson – Ruhwedel13:02

    xG 0.57–0.38 (60%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Pettersson – Marino10:52

    xG 0.25–0.53 (32%)attempts 7–12goals 1–2

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.

PIT 3.1 xGPHI 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #51 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.50 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 65% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

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

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