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Thu, Oct 19, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Edmonton Oilers 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0711204123
PHI1927116432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:50PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Bobby Brink, Travis Sanheim · Snap, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:54PHICam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Owen Tippett · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:23EDMZach HymanAssists: Cody Ceci, Connor McDavid · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:29PHISean WalkerSHAssists: Sean Couturier · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:17PHICam AtkinsonAssists: Owen Tippett, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:22EDMMattias Ekholm: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 10:22PHICam York: Holding2 min
  3. P2 12:57EDMMattias Ekholm: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 17:29PHICam Atkinson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:49EDMDarnell Nurse: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:22EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: High sticking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMPHI
23Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals3.6
53Shot attempts47
32Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
17Hits16
6Blocked shots19
4Giveaways6
2Takeaways7

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – McLeod – Holloway9:20

    xG 0.40–0.06 (88%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Janmark – Erne – Ryan7:34

    xG 0.39–0.15 (72%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele7:00

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Draisaitl – McDavid8:19

    xG 0.44–0.38 (53%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse14:31

    xG 0.90–0.68 (57%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Kulak – Desharnais10:55

    xG 0.20–0.55 (26%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  3. Ekholm – Bouchard14:37

    xG 0.62–1.38 (31%)attempts 16–12goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Couturier – Tippett10:16

    xG 1.03–0.45 (69%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  2. Cates – Farabee – Brink10:02

    xG 0.56–0.41 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Poehling8:18

    xG 0.46–0.39 (54%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Konecny – Foerster10:12

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York17:12

    xG 1.72–1.03 (63%)attempts 15–18goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Walker6:57

    xG 0.23–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Walker – York2:25

    xG 0.07–0.02 (82%)attempts 1–1goals 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 3.6 xGEDM 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #981 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50PHI 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

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

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