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Thu, Oct 26, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Minnesota Wild 2, Philadelphia Flyers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0409215228
PHI112213310635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:57PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Nick Seeler · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:28PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Cam Atkinson, Travis Sanheim · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:52PHIBobby BrinkPPGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:05MINDakota MermisAssists: Patrick Maroon, Jon Merrill · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:30MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Marcus Johansson, Marco Rossi · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:34PHIOwen TippettAssists: Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:02PHIBobby BrinkAssists: Joel Farabee, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–5
  8. P3 14:46PHITravis SanheimAssists: Tyson Foerster, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:02MINPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:02PHINicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:31PHITravis Konecny: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:11MINVinni Lettieri: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:34MINJake Middleton: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:21PHISean Walker: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 16:36MINJon Merrill: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Poehling won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHI
28Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals2.9
63Shot attempts59
25Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
12Hits19
15Blocked shots16
13Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

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. bestMaroon – Johansson – Eriksson Ek7:54

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Lettieri – Rossi6:08

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Khaira – Duhaime – Dewar5:06

    xG 0.04–0.12 (25%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Duhaime – Lettieri – Dewar2:11

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Faber18:26

    xG 1.18–0.76 (61%)attempts 24–19goals 1–3

  2. Middleton – Addison15:04

    xG 0.42–0.37 (53%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Merrill – Mermis14:29

    xG 0.37–0.87 (30%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLaughton – Konecny – Foerster8:27

    xG 0.89–0.35 (72%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Cates – Farabee – Brink10:10

    xG 0.66–0.40 (62%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Poehling9:13

    xG 0.19–0.24 (44%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Couturier – Tippett8:13

    xG 0.25–0.59 (30%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Belpedio10:17

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  2. Sanheim – Belpedio2:54

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Walker – Zamula12:56

    xG 0.39–0.47 (45%)attempts 9–12goals 1–2

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 2.9 xGMIN 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #485 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 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 59% 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).