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Thu, Dec 29, 2022·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Philadelphia Flyers 4, San Jose Sharks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

SJS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI190102611426
SJS1121111500328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:38SJSTomas HertlAssists: Erik Karlsson, Kevin Labanc · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:25PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Tony DeAngelo · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:29SJSTomas HertlPPAssists: Timo Meier, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:52SJSKevin LabancAssists: Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:57PHIOwen TippettAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Nick Seeler · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:55PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:10PHITony DeAngeloGWGAssists: Ivan Provorov, Owen Tippett · Snap, 0.31 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 6:57PHICam York: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:48SJSNico Sturm: Interference2 min
  3. P2 17:09PHITravis Sanheim: Interference2 min
  4. P3 14:27PHIJoel Farabee: Boarding2 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 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHISJS
26Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals2.7
50Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
28Hits27
8Blocked shots16
6Giveaways7
14Takeaways15

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. bestKonecny – Cates – Farabee9:16

    xG 0.67–0.04 (94%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Hayes – Konecny – Farabee2:48

    xG 0.09–0.05 (67%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost9:54

    xG 0.14–0.46 (24%)attempts 8–8goals 0–2

  4. Hayes – Laughton – Allison7:31

    xG 0.18–0.58 (24%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – York16:03

    xG 0.53–0.15 (78%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Seeler – Ristolainen12:14

    xG 0.29–0.50 (37%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  3. Sanheim – DeAngelo16:45

    xG 0.53–1.15 (32%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestLindblom – Lorentz – Gadjovich5:57

    xG 0.50–0.05 (91%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Bonino – Svechnikov – Sturm8:54

    xG 0.22–0.03 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Nieto – Hertl – Labanc10:54

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 7–11goals 2–1

  4. Couture – Meier – Barabanov12:45

    xG 0.46–0.81 (36%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Simek13:05

    xG 1.16–0.18 (87%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. Harrington – Ferraro15:18

    xG 0.36–0.70 (34%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

  3. Karlsson – Megna16:57

    xG 0.14–0.54 (20%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

SJS 2.7 xGPHI 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #236 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

SJS winsPHI wins

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

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