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Sat, Mar 5, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01031207329
PHI1121728427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:46PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Travis Sanheim, Kevin Hayes · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:24CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:39CHIDylan StromeAssists: Patrick Kane, Dominik Kubalik · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:28PHICam AtkinsonAssists: Joel Farabee · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:15CHIDylan StromeUnassisted · Snap, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:09PHIDerick BrassardAssists: Cam Atkinson, Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:28PHICam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Joel Farabee · Snap, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 6:12CHIConnor Murphy: Interference2 min
  2. P2 3:50CHITyler Johnson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 15:28CHIJonathan Toews: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 15:28PHIDerick Brassard: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 15:28CHICalvin de Haan: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 11:49PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 11:49CHIConnor Murphy: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 11:49PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 11:49CHICaleb Jones: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 12:42PHIOskar Lindblom: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 12:42CHISeth Jones: Holding2 min
  12. P3 12:42PHIOskar Lindblom: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 18:34CHIDominik Kubalik: Too many men on the ice2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIPHI
29Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals2.5
51Shot attempts49
23Faceoffs won28
1Power plays4
16Penalty minutes10
33Hits27
14Blocked shots14
8Giveaways6
3Takeaways3

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestCarpenter – Lafferty – Kurashev6:30

    xG 0.11–0.05 (69%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Johnson – DeBrincat9:55

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 1–2

  3. Toews – Kane – DeBrincat2:27

    xG 0.03–0.12 (18%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Hagel – Entwistle – Dach7:11

    xG 0.09–0.24 (29%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Jones14:07

    xG 0.42–0.17 (71%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  2. Jones – Jones2:14

    xG 0.11–0.06 (64%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Stillman10:52

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Atkinson – Farabee8:59

    xG 0.36–0.09 (79%)attempts 11–6goals 3–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Lindblom6:34

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Laughton – Konecny11:15

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Willman – MacEwen6:18

    xG 0.39–0.54 (42%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov16:05

    xG 0.74–0.35 (68%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Connauton8:30

    xG 0.29–0.24 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim16:32

    xG 0.60–0.80 (43%)attempts 17–19goals 3–2

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.

PHI 2.5 xGCHI 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #240 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.21 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 60% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

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

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