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Sat, Mar 25, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Detroit Red Wings 0, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0808013029
PHI062818322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:10PHIKieffer BellowsGWGAssists: Owen Tippett, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:24PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Rasmus Ristolainen · Snap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:41PHITyson FoersterENAssists: Joel Farabee, Noah Cates · Wrist, 0.67 xG0–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:02PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 5:47PHITony DeAngelo: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 14:24DETAndrew Copp: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:42PHINoah Cates: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 13:32DETAdam Erne: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 17:27DETGustav Lindstrom: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 19:16PHITyson Foerster: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 9:16PHITyson Foerster: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 14:25PHIScott Laughton: Slashing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHI
29Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals3.4
58Shot attempts42
29Faceoffs won27
7Power plays3
6Penalty minutes14
27Hits22
8Blocked shots20
4Giveaways7
10Takeaways9

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Kubalik – Suter2:44

    xG 0.23–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Larkin – Raymond3:18

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Czarnik – Luff – Berggren2:09

    xG 0.02–0.03 (48%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Veleno – Berggren3:18

    xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Hagg7:04

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Oesterle2:45

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Hagg – Lindstrom3:21

    xG 0.02–0.01 (65%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLemieux – Frost – Foerster5:07

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Allison5:54

    xG 0.16–0.06 (74%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Tippett – Cates – Farabee5:21

    xG 0.15–0.23 (40%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Provorov3:31

    xG 0.37–0.01 (98%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Provorov – York5:48

    xG 0.58–0.22 (72%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. DeAngelo – York2:05

    xG 0.38–0.19 (66%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

PHI 3.4 xGDET 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1208 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 57% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

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

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