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Tue, Apr 4, 2023·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Philadelphia Flyers 2, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 66% of the time.

STL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0709218234
STL110212110432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:53STLJordan KyrouAssists: Brandon Saad · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:04STLTyler PitlickAssists: Alexey Toropchenko, Nathan Walker · Snap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:26STLJustin FaulkGWGAssists: Sammy Blais, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:51PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Nick Seeler, Scott Laughton · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:43PHIMorgan FrostAssists: Cam York · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:28STLAlexey ToropchenkoENAssists: Justin Faulk, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.66 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:11STLJakub Vrana: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:23PHICam York: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 6:22PHINick Seeler: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:18STLLogan Brown: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 17:14STLJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 13:28PHIIvan Provorov: Interference2 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 SOG0STL
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Frost won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHISTL
34Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals3.8
58Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits11
14Blocked shots10
5Giveaways5
12Takeaways8

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. bestAllison – Cates – Farabee6:08

    xG 0.65–0.41 (61%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Konecny – Tippett – Frost7:23

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Allison – Frost – Farabee2:58

    xG 0.30–0.10 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Deslauriers – Laughton2:32

    xG 0.19–0.04 (81%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – York4:58

    xG 0.70–0.03 (95%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Provorov – York7:22

    xG 0.35–0.12 (74%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Attard3:08

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Pitlick – Walker – Toropchenko10:52

    xG 0.33–0.31 (52%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Leivo – Blais – Brown8:40

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Saad – Kyrou10:29

    xG 0.55–0.61 (47%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  4. Vrana – Kapanen – Neighbours8:39

    xG 0.35–0.61 (37%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRosen – Kessel9:58

    xG 0.51–0.07 (87%)attempts 16–2goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Krug10:21

    xG 0.32–0.73 (31%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

  3. Leddy – Parayko15:43

    xG 0.55–1.00 (35%)attempts 13–20goals 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.

STL 3.8 xGPHI 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #532 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50STL 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 66% of the time.

STL winsPHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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