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Sun, Apr 2, 2023·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI07013213233
PIT21511016431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:40PITRickard RakellAssists: Brian Dumoulin, Evgeni Malkin · Slap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:53PITRickard RakellPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:23PITBryan RustGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby, Jeff Petry · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:57PHINicolas DeslauriersAssists: Tony DeAngelo, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:31PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Morgan Frost, Joel Farabee · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:48PITRyan PoehlingENAssists: Mikael Granlund, Brian Dumoulin · Wrist, 0.79 xG2–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 6:00PITMikael Granlund: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:00PHICam York: Embellishment2 min
  3. P1 13:25PHITravis Sanheim: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:18PHITravis Sanheim: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:31PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 10:31PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 14:23PITEvgeni Malkin: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 14:45PHINoah Cates: Interference2 min
  9. P3 1:49PITEvgeni Malkin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 1:49PITEvgeni Malkin: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 1:49PITEvgeni Malkin: Game misconduct10 min
  12. P3 7:33PHITravis Konecny: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 10:25PITRyan Poehling: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  14. P3 10:25PHITravis Konecny: Slashing2 min
  15. P3 12:50PITSidney Crosby: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIPIT
33Shots on goal31
3.4Expected goals3.8
69Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won27
5Power plays4
12Penalty minutes34
30Hits29
7Blocked shots21
5Giveaways7
12Takeaways13

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 – Tippett – Frost3:42

    xG 0.34–0.14 (71%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Farabee6:08

    xG 0.28–0.22 (57%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Bellows3:31

    xG 0.15–0.14 (50%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Konecny – Allison – Cates5:07

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Provorov3:09

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – DeAngelo6:01

    xG 0.39–0.45 (46%)attempts 10–5goals 0–2

  3. Braun – Sanheim7:55

    xG 0.54–0.61 (47%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rust – Guentzel12:09

    xG 0.98–0.63 (61%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Granlund – Heinen – Poehling3:58

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Zucker – Granlund – Rakell2:06

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Zucker – Rakell7:33

    xG 0.18–0.27 (41%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ruhwedel – Friedman9:00

    xG 0.13–0.22 (37%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Joseph8:35

    xG 0.55–0.75 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

  3. Letang – Dumoulin15:17

    xG 0.78–1.00 (44%)attempts 14–19goals 1–0

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.

PIT 3.8 xGPHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #537 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).