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Mon, Dec 4, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 56% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT1140110502132
PHI081140714233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:14PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:46PHITyson FoersterAssists: Travis Konecny, Rasmus Ristolainen · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:55PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:04PHICam York: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 3:26PHIJoel Farabee: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P3 14:43PITRadim Zohorna: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 15:37PHICam York: Holding2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITPHI
32Shots on goal33
3.0Expected goals3.3
61Shot attempts63
23Faceoffs won29
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
9Hits26
13Blocked shots12
9Giveaways14
8Takeaways7

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rust – Guentzel14:11

    xG 0.77–0.49 (61%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1

  2. Malkin – Smith – O'Connor12:21

    xG 0.77–0.65 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Eller – Nylander – Zohorna8:36

    xG 0.46–0.34 (58%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Harkins – Koppanen6:49

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Pettersson19:34

    xG 0.92–0.40 (70%)attempts 25–11goals 1–0

  2. Graves – Ludvig5:01

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Shea – Ludvig6:04

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTippett – Frost – Brink8:13

    xG 0.42–0.07 (86%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Laughton – Farabee10:27

    xG 0.65–0.58 (53%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Konecny – Foerster11:35

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  4. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Poehling5:33

    xG 0.05–0.36 (12%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Walker15:21

    xG 0.80–0.25 (76%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Ristolainen8:37

    xG 0.19–0.20 (48%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – York18:32

    xG 0.71–1.02 (41%)attempts 19–21goals 1–1

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.

PHI 3.3 xGPIT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #744 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 56% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

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

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