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Fri, Apr 29, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 4, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 60% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT011113312436
PHI11106117234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:31PHIJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Owen Tippett, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:51OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:56OTTTravis HamonicAssists: Alex Formenton, Thomas Chabot · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:33PHIOwen TippettPPAssists: Ivan Provorov, Morgan Frost · Slap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:38OTTBrady TkachukPPGWGAssists: Tim Stützle, Thomas Chabot · Slap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:15OTTAustin WatsonENAssists: Thomas Chabot, Dylan Gambrell · Wrist, 0.61 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:55PHITravis Sanheim: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:03OTTMark Kastelic: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:12PHIZack MacEwen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 7:30PHIEgor Zamula: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 10:38OTTErik Brannstrom: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:44OTTAustin Watson: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 15:13PHILinus Hogberg: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
36Shots on goal34
4.9Expected goals4.2
58Shot attempts57
24Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
26Hits15
11Blocked shots14
7Giveaways8
4Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Gaudette – Kastelic3:39

    xG 0.45–0.14 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle5:32

    xG 0.52–0.27 (66%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk7:56

    xG 0.23–0.27 (46%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  4. Formenton – Lodin – Stützle5:08

    xG 0.26–0.32 (44%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Zaitsev10:51

    xG 0.52–0.35 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Zaitsev – Brannstrom2:16

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Brannstrom – Zub13:52

    xG 0.49–0.64 (43%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hayes – Konecny12:02

    xG 1.06–0.25 (81%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Farabee11:08

    xG 0.91–0.52 (64%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Lindblom – MacEwen6:56

    xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  4. Laughton – Cates – Brink11:23

    xG 0.39–0.73 (35%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Zamula10:18

    xG 0.64–0.33 (66%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Sanheim – Hogberg14:56

    xG 0.84–0.56 (60%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Provorov – Attard17:07

    xG 0.97–0.93 (51%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

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 4.2 xGOTT 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #363 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 60% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).