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Mon, Dec 5, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Colorado Avalanche 3, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 54% of the time.

PHI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11505212332
PHI211112211534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:50COLAlex NewhookPPAssists: Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:29PHITravis SanheimAssists: Scott Laughton, Zack MacEwen · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:05PHITanner LaczynskiAssists: Joel Farabee, Patrick Brown · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:59PHITony DeAngeloPPAssists: Morgan Frost, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:54PHIOwen TippettPPGWGAssists: Scott Laughton, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:47COLMikko RantanenAssists: Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:23COLAlex NewhookAssists: J.T. Compher, Devon Toews · Snap, 0.15 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:00PHITravis KonecnyENAssists: Kevin Hayes, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.76 xG3–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:33PHIKevin Hayes: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:30PHITanner Laczynski: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:01COLAlex Galchenyuk: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:36PHIJoel Farabee: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:47COLAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:48PHITony DeAngelo: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 2:10PHIJoel Farabee: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:47COLCale Makar: High sticking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLPHI
32Shots on goal34
2.8Expected goals2.9
75Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won23
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
29Hits37
10Blocked shots31
5Giveaways12
5Takeaways7

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHudon – Compher – Newhook2:48

    xG 0.29–0.10 (75%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – MacKinnon – O'Connor2:10

    xG 0.16–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Hudon – Rantanen – Newhook2:45

    xG 0.03–0.04 (38%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Galchenyuk – Megna – Blidh2:48

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Toews9:14

    xG 0.70–0.11 (87%)attempts 19–4goals 1–0

  2. Englund – MacDonald8:47

    xG 0.42–0.31 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Girard4:13

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Tippett – Frost – Farabee6:18

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Deslauriers – Brown – Laczynski3:35

    xG 0.02–0.00 (84%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Konecny – Cates9:09

    xG 0.04–0.18 (20%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Sedlak – Laughton – MacEwen8:18

    xG 0.01–0.23 (6%)attempts 3–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Provorov12:39

    xG 0.43–0.25 (63%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  2. Braun – Sanheim13:26

    xG 0.35–0.65 (35%)attempts 11–19goals 1–0

  3. Seeler – DeAngelo12:28

    xG 0.14–0.81 (15%)attempts 10–15goals 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 2.9 xGCOL 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #380 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 54% of the time.

PHI winsCOL wins

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

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