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Sun, Mar 13, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Montréal Canadiens 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL01121011311435
PHI191611104330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:00PHIKevin HayesAssists: Travis Sanheim, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:18MTLNick SuzukiPPAssists: Cole Caufield, Chris Wideman · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:11PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Morgan Frost, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:18MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Chris Wideman, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:41PHICam AtkinsonAssists: Joel Farabee, Derick Brassard · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:17MTLRem PitlickSHAssists: Ben Chiarot · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:10MTLCole CaufieldGWGAssists: Rem Pitlick · Slap, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:20MTLMike Hoffman: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:34PHIJustin Braun: Holding2 min
  3. P2 1:09PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:34PHITravis Sanheim: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 18:41PHIDerick Brassard: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 19:00MTLChris Wideman: Interference2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLPHI
35Shots on goal30
2.9Expected goals3.6
69Shot attempts56
23Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
15Hits29
14Blocked shots22
9Giveaways5
3Takeaways6

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Gallagher – Suzuki7:53

    xG 0.58–0.13 (82%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Anderson – Pitlick – Caufield8:11

    xG 0.25–0.37 (40%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Gallagher – Pitlick3:31

    xG 0.06–0.24 (20%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield4:10

    xG 0.11–0.35 (23%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Schueneman10:06

    xG 0.63–0.23 (73%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Petry – Kulak15:30

    xG 0.68–0.82 (45%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  3. Chiarot – Romanov16:37

    xG 0.38–1.02 (27%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Konecny – Frost10:47

    xG 1.15–0.65 (64%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Mayhew9:24

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Brown – Lindblom – MacEwen6:26

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Atkinson – Farabee10:43

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 4–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – York7:57

    xG 0.70–0.12 (85%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim17:02

    xG 0.82–0.30 (73%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov2:08

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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 3.6 xGMTL 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #108 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.59 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 62% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

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

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