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Sun, Mar 27, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Nashville Predators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 76% of the time.

NSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI2421009423
NSH01441417535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:15PHITravis SanheimAssists: Morgan Frost · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:27PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Cam Atkinson, James van Riemsdyk · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:41NSHYakov TreninAssists: Roman Josi, Tanner Jeannot · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:23PHIMax WillmanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–1
  5. P2 7:26NSHYakov TreninAssists: Mikael Granlund, Tanner Jeannot · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:12NSHLuke KuninAssists: Mikael Granlund · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P2 18:13NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Alexandre Carrier, Matt Duchene · Deflected, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:12PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Travis Konecny, Kevin Connauton · Snap, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. P3 18:41NSHTanner JeannotGWGAssists: Roman Josi, Alexandre Carrier · Deflected, 0.07 xG4–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:07PHICam Atkinson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:39NSHLuke Kunin: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:39PHIPatrick Brown: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 4:00PHIHayden Hodgson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 15:29NSHAlexandre Carrier: Interference2 min
  6. P3 0:24PHIHayden Hodgson: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 0:24NSHTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 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 SOG0NSH
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINSH
23Shots on goal35
2.1Expected goals3.8
42Shot attempts74
22Faceoffs won33
1Power plays2
14Penalty minutes12
29Hits32
18Blocked shots9
8Giveaways19
9Takeaways8

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. bestLindblom – Tippett – Frost9:21

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Atkinson – Farabee11:23

    xG 0.24–0.56 (30%)attempts 7–12goals 1–1

  3. Hayes – Hodgson – Konecny11:50

    xG 0.24–0.61 (28%)attempts 10–13goals 0–2

  4. Brown – Willman – MacEwen9:12

    xG 0.05–0.84 (6%)attempts 3–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Connauton8:22

    xG 0.35–0.24 (60%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim16:50

    xG 0.63–1.00 (38%)attempts 12–23goals 2–1

  3. Provorov – York18:37

    xG 0.18–1.00 (15%)attempts 6–23goals 0–2

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Johansen – Forsberg13:16

    xG 0.71–0.18 (80%)attempts 22–4goals 1–1

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot9:04

    xG 0.59–0.10 (86%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Granlund – Kunin – Tolvanen11:16

    xG 0.68–0.35 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  4. Cousins – McCarron – Tomasino6:17

    xG 0.17–0.16 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Lauzon17:52

    xG 0.82–0.42 (66%)attempts 23–12goals 1–0

  2. Josi – Carrier19:07

    xG 0.88–0.51 (63%)attempts 19–14goals 2–1

  3. Benning – Davies8:41

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 12–5goals 0–3

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.

NSH 3.8 xGPHI 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #97 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 76% of the time.

NSH winsPHI wins

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

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