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Thu, Mar 23, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Minnesota Wild 4, Philadelphia Flyers 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 55% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN1421019010424
PHI110212110021534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:58PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Travis Sanheim, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:35MINOskar SundqvistAssists: Jake Middleton, Frederick Gaudreau · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:26PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Cam York, Noah Cates · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:41MINMatt BoldyAssists: Marcus Johansson, Joel Eriksson Ek · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:16MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Ryan Hartman · Snap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:37PHIRasmus RistolainenPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Joel Farabee · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:32MINMatt BoldyAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Jonas Brodin · Backhand, 0.14 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:16PHITyson FoersterAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Morgan Frost · Snap, 0.07 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Tyson Foerster stopped
  2. 2. MIN Mats Zuccarello stopped
  3. 3. PHI James van Riemsdyk scored
  4. 4. MIN Frederick Gaudreau stopped
  5. 5. PHI Morgan Frost stopped
  6. 6. MIN Matt Boldy stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:59PHIEgor Zamula: Holding2 min
  2. P2 18:37MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 0:31PHINoah Cates: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 18:26PHIOwen Tippett: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHI
24Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won22
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
30Hits23
18Blocked shots11
9Giveaways6
2Takeaways6

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy12:42

    xG 0.70–0.31 (70%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  2. Foligno – Zuccarello – Hartman10:51

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  3. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar10:20

    xG 0.13–0.33 (29%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Sundqvist – Gaudreau – Duhaime8:29

    xG 0.53–0.79 (40%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Spurgeon – Middleton15:02

    xG 0.70–0.65 (52%)attempts 11–14goals 2–2

  2. Dumba – Middleton3:32

    xG 0.04–0.09 (29%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba18:09

    xG 0.76–0.97 (44%)attempts 14–20goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hayes – Allison9:11

    xG 0.97–0.25 (80%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Cates – Farabee12:18

    xG 0.52–0.25 (67%)attempts 15–7goals 1–2

  3. Laughton – Bellows – Tippett2:17

    xG 0.02–0.11 (15%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Lemieux – Frost – Foerster10:13

    xG 0.29–0.59 (33%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Sanheim7:59

    xG 0.35–0.09 (79%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Seeler – Zamula4:38

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Seeler – Ristolainen5:30

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 8–3goals 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.

PHI 2.8 xGMIN 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #78 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.89 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 55% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

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

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