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Fri, Dec 9, 2022·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Vegas Golden Knights 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

VGK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI091120601128
VGK1801501011234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:45VGKWilliam CarrierUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:47PHIScott LaughtonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:21VGKJonathan MarchessaultGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 9:36PHIScott Laughton: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 17:04PHINoah Cates: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VGK
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Roy won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIVGK
28Shots on goal34
2.3Expected goals1.9
57Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won40
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
40Hits23
22Blocked shots14
3Giveaways6
7Takeaways10

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – MacEwen – Frost10:51

    xG 0.46–0.11 (81%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Konecny – Cates14:04

    xG 0.47–0.35 (58%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Tippett – Farabee10:48

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Deslauriers – Sedlak – Brown9:02

    xG 0.13–0.33 (29%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Sanheim15:19

    xG 0.74–0.46 (62%)attempts 20–18goals 1–0

  2. Sanheim – York2:28

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – York11:28

    xG 0.26–0.25 (51%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – Eichel – Cotter5:37

    xG 0.30–0.13 (69%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault13:17

    xG 0.44–0.37 (55%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – Stephenson – Leschyshyn4:21

    xG 0.13–0.13 (48%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Leschyshyn – Cotter2:56

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Martinez – Whitecloud17:34

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. McNabb – Theodore21:11

    xG 0.79–0.86 (48%)attempts 30–23goals 1–0

  3. Hague – Miromanov13:53

    xG 0.33–0.66 (33%)attempts 14–16goals 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.

VGK 1.9 xGPHI 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VGK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VGK is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #1120 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 59% of the time.

VGK winsPHI wins

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

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