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Mon, Nov 21, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Calgary Flames 5, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 86% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY2916215530
PHI1906110225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:43CGYJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:51CGYDillon DubeAssists: Blake Coleman, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:33PHITanner LaczynskiAssists: Kevin Hayes, Noah Cates · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:29CGYRasmus AnderssonGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Andrew Mangiapane · Slap, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:03PHIJoel FarabeeUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:09CGYBlake ColemanENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.42 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:23CGYTrevor LewisENAssists: Chris Tanev, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.72 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:40PHIJustin Braun: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:06PHIZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:06CGYDennis Gilbert: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:31CGYNikita Zadorov: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:35CGYMilan Lucic: Interference2 min
  6. P3 0:18PHIKevin Hayes: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 1:48CGYNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 1:48PHITravis Sanheim: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 12:16CGYNazem Kadri: Holding2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Frost
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPHI
30Shots on goal25
3.8Expected goals1.6
56Shot attempts51
24Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
24Hits31
20Blocked shots15
5Giveaways11
6Takeaways7

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Mangiapane – Dube9:39

    xG 0.71–0.16 (82%)attempts 12–9goals 2–1

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Huberdeau10:36

    xG 0.46–0.01 (99%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Lucic – Rooney8:13

    xG 0.34–0.13 (72%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Lindholm – Ruzicka7:35

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Zadorov10:46

    xG 0.81–0.05 (94%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Gilbert8:34

    xG 0.45–0.19 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Zadorov3:12

    xG 0.33–0.08 (81%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestDeslauriers – Sedlak – Bellows3:57

    xG 0.14–0.04 (79%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Willman – Laczynski6:02

    xG 0.13–0.07 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. MacEwen – Cates – Farabee2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – MacEwen – Cates5:13

    xG 0.13–0.15 (47%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ristolainen – Sanheim2:39

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Seeler4:12

    xG 0.00–0.03 (3%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov2:00

    xG 0.00–0.15 (1%)attempts 2–2goals 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 1.6 xGCGY 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #670 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 86% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

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

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