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Sun, Apr 24, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 70% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT014013111138
PHI115111217443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:49PHIMorgan FrostAssists: Owen Tippett, Noah Cates · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:49PHINoah CatesGWGAssists: Keith Yandle, Morgan Frost · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:38PHINoah CatesPPAssists: Ivan Provorov, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:27PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:26PHITravis KonecnyENAssists: Kevin Hayes, Linus Hogberg · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 3:46PHIRonnie Attard: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:43PITMike Matheson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 14:56PHIIvan Provorov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 19:12PITJake Guentzel: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 7:46PITJohn Marino: Hooking2 min · PPG

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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITPHI
38Shots on goal43
2.7Expected goals3.8
71Shot attempts65
36Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
12Hits24
16Blocked shots19
9Giveaways7
9Takeaways6

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Heinen – Rodrigues5:37

    xG 0.34–0.13 (72%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  2. Malkin – Rust – Heinen3:37

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Blueger – McGinn8:06

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Zucker – Rodrigues3:22

    xG 0.04–0.21 (16%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – Marino8:14

    xG 0.40–0.08 (84%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Matheson – Ruhwedel7:17

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Ruhwedel – Pettersson3:18

    xG 0.04–0.04 (52%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTippett – Frost – Cates7:16

    xG 1.36–0.16 (89%)attempts 16–7goals 2–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Farabee – Brink8:40

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Laughton – Konecny11:59

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Lindblom – MacEwen6:21

    xG 0.05–0.22 (18%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – Attard16:58

    xG 1.15–0.42 (73%)attempts 24–17goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Zamula9:20

    xG 0.63–0.23 (73%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Hogberg14:41

    xG 0.65–0.78 (45%)attempts 7–20goals 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 3.8 xGPIT 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #1063 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 70% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

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

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