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Fri, Mar 18, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 61% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0919011129
OTT111012213336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:45OTTTim StützleAssists: Alex Formenton, Connor Brown · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:10PHICam AtkinsonAssists: Justin Braun, James van Riemsdyk · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:16OTTJosh NorrisPPGWGAssists: Erik Brannstrom, Connor Brown · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:22OTTAlex FormentonENAssists: Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:03OTTErik Brannstrom: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 12:58OTTBrady Tkachuk: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:55PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Interference2 min
  4. P3 7:01OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 7:01PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 8:30OTTAlex Formenton: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 8:30PHIJustin Braun: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 8:44PHIMorgan Frost: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 13:58PHIPatrick Brown: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 16:33OTTAustin Watson: 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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Gambrell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
29Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals3.3
56Shot attempts74
33Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits18
27Blocked shots16
9Giveaways6
1Takeaways7

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. bestHayes – Mayhew – Farabee4:53

    xG 0.08–0.02 (81%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – van Riemsdyk – Atkinson8:23

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 6–17goals 1–0

  3. Lindblom – Mayhew – Frost2:18

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Konecny – Farabee3:57

    xG 0.01–0.16 (6%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Braun2:16

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Provorov – York4:26

    xG 0.14–0.13 (52%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – York6:09

    xG 0.02–0.26 (8%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Formenton – Stützle9:28

    xG 1.04–0.18 (85%)attempts 21–5goals 1–1

  2. White – Norris – Tkachuk10:35

    xG 0.61–0.13 (83%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  3. Watson – Sanford – Gambrell9:40

    xG 0.26–0.11 (70%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – Tierney – Gaudette4:32

    xG 0.12–0.33 (28%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Zaitsev15:21

    xG 1.03–0.32 (77%)attempts 27–10goals 1–1

  2. Brannstrom – Zub16:32

    xG 1.10–0.46 (71%)attempts 28–10goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Mete9:21

    xG 0.16–0.27 (37%)attempts 6–12goals 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.

OTT 3.3 xGPHI 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #1070 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 61% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

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

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