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Thu, Mar 24, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Philadelphia Flyers 5, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI2911127527
STL04212012228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:37PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Kevin Connauton, Hayden Hodgson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:51PHIPatrick BrownAssists: Cam York, Owen Tippett · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:47STLVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, David Perron · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:04PHITravis KonecnyGWGAssists: Kevin Hayes, Cam York · Slap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:00STLAlexey ToropchenkoAssists: Logan Brown · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:34PHIHayden HodgsonAssists: Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:20PHIJoel FarabeeENAssists: James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.77 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:40STLDavid Perron: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 2:45PHIOwen Tippett: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:12PHICam York: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:15STLRobert Bortuzzo: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 12:29PHIZack MacEwen: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:51PHIJoel Farabee: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 17:51STLNiko Mikkola: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 18:43STLBrayden Schenn: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 12:34STLDavid Perron: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHISTL
27Shots on goal28
3.6Expected goals3.1
41Shot attempts53
20Faceoffs won23
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
13Hits22
9Blocked shots5
4Giveaways8
14Takeaways8

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. bestBrown – Willman – MacEwen4:28

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Willman – Tippett – Frost6:19

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Hodgson – Tippett – Frost2:02

    xG 0.07–0.11 (38%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Atkinson – Farabee5:59

    xG 0.21–0.38 (36%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – York13:31

    xG 0.95–0.46 (67%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim14:31

    xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 8–11goals 2–0

  3. Connauton – Seeler2:58

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

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestWalker – Brown – Toropchenko7:04

    xG 0.62–0.07 (90%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Saad9:23

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Buchnevich – Kyrou8:16

    xG 0.29–0.46 (38%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  4. Tarasenko – Barbashev – Thomas6:02

    xG 0.10–0.32 (23%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Faulk9:47

    xG 0.86–0.27 (76%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Mikkola8:03

    xG 0.73–0.19 (79%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Leddy – Faulk3:40

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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.

STL 3.1 xGPHI 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #666 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 58% of the time.

STL winsPHI wins

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

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