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Tue, Dec 13, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1804116228
COL0102916325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:52PHICam YorkUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:25COLDevon ToewsAssists: J.T. Compher, Logan O'Connor · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:04COLArtturi LehkonenSHAssists: Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:33COLJ.T. CompherGWGAssists: Artturi Lehkonen · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:22PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Travis Konecny, Kevin Hayes · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:43PHIJoel Farabee: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:37PHITravis Konecny: Interference2 min
  3. P2 12:04PHIMorgan Frost: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:26COLMikko Rantanen: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:14COLCale Makar: Hooking2 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 SOG0COL
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Frost won the faceoff against Rantanen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICOL
28Shots on goal25
1.7Expected goals1.6
44Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
29Hits20
20Blocked shots10
0Giveaways5
5Takeaways12

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. bestSedlak – Laughton – Farabee9:05

    xG 0.19–0.12 (61%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Deslauriers – Brown – Willman5:05

    xG 0.03–0.02 (62%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost9:58

    xG 0.65–0.65 (50%)attempts 9–21goals 1–2

  4. Hayes – Konecny – Cates10:33

    xG 0.26–0.30 (46%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Provorov13:53

    xG 0.80–0.39 (67%)attempts 20–15goals 0–1

  2. Sanheim – York13:03

    xG 0.39–0.44 (47%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Braun – Seeler11:05

    xG 0.05–0.30 (15%)attempts 2–12goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestCogliano – Compher – O'Connor7:59

    xG 0.31–0.14 (68%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Rantanen10:21

    xG 0.35–0.26 (57%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Hudon – Foudy – Meyers4:02

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar8:48

    xG 0.42–0.10 (80%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Girard6:10

    xG 0.34–0.09 (80%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Englund – Girard2:02

    xG 0.05–0.01 (83%)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.

COL 1.6 xGPHI 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #817 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 51% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

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

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