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Tue, Nov 8, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

St. Louis Blues 1, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 68% of the time.

PHI winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0907112128
PHI0183928535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:11PHIWade AllisonAssists: Ivan Provorov, Joel Farabee · Deflected, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:37PHITravis KonecnyGWGAssists: Owen Tippett, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:57PHINoah CatesAssists: Travis Sanheim, Scott Laughton · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:22STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:44PHILukas SedlakAssists: Nick Seeler, Noah Cates · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:21PHIOwen TippettAssists: Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:39STLBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:39PHINick Seeler: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:30STLRobert Bortuzzo: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 4:30PHIZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:35PHIZack MacEwen: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 18:37STLVladimir Tarasenko: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 19:27PHIOwen Tippett: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
49% to win51% to win
← STL attackPHI 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.

STLPHI
28Shots on goal35
3.1Expected goals2.1
64Shot attempts57
36Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
12Penalty minutes14
34Hits39
9Blocked shots17
14Giveaways14
4Takeaways10

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Barbashev – Brown4:55

    xG 0.27–0.06 (81%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Buchnevich – Kyrou13:26

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. O'Reilly – Barbashev – Acciari2:44

    xG 0.08–0.02 (83%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Saad – Thomas14:59

    xG 0.82–0.79 (51%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Parayko15:20

    xG 0.69–0.46 (60%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  2. Leddy – Parayko4:04

    xG 0.12–0.03 (81%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Mikkola3:43

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Konecny – Tippett11:37

    xG 0.80–0.27 (75%)attempts 21–7goals 2–1

  2. Sedlak – MacEwen – Cates11:01

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Deslauriers – Laczynski – Frost8:34

    xG 0.07–0.21 (26%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Allison – Farabee14:07

    xG 0.65–0.94 (41%)attempts 13–20goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Sanheim15:48

    xG 0.55–0.39 (58%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Ristolainen13:48

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  3. DeAngelo – Provorov18:15

    xG 0.90–0.93 (49%)attempts 23–18goals 1–1

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 2.1 xGSTL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHISTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1085 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 68% of the time.

PHI winsSTL wins

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

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