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Tue, Feb 21, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 78% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1917010226
EDM1505317427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:01PHINoah CatesAssists: Wade Allison, Nicolas Deslauriers · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:57EDMTyson BarriePPAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:37PHIOwen TippettAssists: Kevin Hayes, Olle Lycksell · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:49EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:39EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:35EDMConnor McDavidENAssists: Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.45 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:27EDMBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:54PHIJoel Farabee: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:04PHIWade Allison: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:33EDMRyan McLeod: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:58PHIOlle Lycksell: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:12EDMEvan Bouchard: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0EDM
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cates won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIEDM
26Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals3.8
48Shot attempts55
26Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits28
17Blocked shots13
12Giveaways21
9Takeaways14

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. Hayes – Lycksell – Farabee8:40

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Allison – Cates9:31

    xG 0.22–0.29 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Brown – Bellows4:23

    xG 0.01–0.21 (5%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost10:00

    xG 0.54–0.94 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – York2:48

    xG 0.35–0.08 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – York11:00

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – DeAngelo11:30

    xG 0.38–0.37 (51%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Draisaitl – McDavid8:26

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto4:26

    xG 0.43–0.18 (71%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  3. Shore – Ryan – Puljujarvi6:17

    xG 0.35–0.25 (59%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto2:15

    xG 0.02–0.00 (89%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Kulak3:25

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Nurse – Desharnais2:29

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Bouchard – Broberg5:25

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 5–6goals 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.

EDM 3.8 xGPHI 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #594 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 78% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

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

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