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Thu, Dec 7, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

ARI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI2818110426
ARI1707012126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:11PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:18PHIJoel FarabeeGWGAssists: Cam Atkinson, Cam York · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:33ARILawson CrouseAssists: Matias Maccelli, Jason Zucker · Slap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:38PHITravis KonecnySHAssists: Scott Laughton, Nick Seeler · Wrist, 0.29 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:47PHICam YorkAssists: Travis Sanheim, Nicolas Deslauriers · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:30PHITravis Sanheim: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 3:30PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 14:31PHIOlle Lycksell: Boarding2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIARI
26Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals2.1
48Shot attempts68
30Faceoffs won23
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
22Hits19
23Blocked shots9
6Giveaways16
0Takeaways4

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. bestAtkinson – Couturier – Farabee2:17

    xG 0.23–0.03 (88%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Lycksell3:04

    xG 0.10–0.00 (99%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Konecny – Foerster8:18

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Tippett – Frost – Brink4:25

    xG 0.12–0.07 (65%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Zamula15:40

    xG 0.55–0.15 (79%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York14:20

    xG 0.70–0.67 (51%)attempts 14–16goals 3–0

  3. Seeler – Walker16:45

    xG 0.57–0.73 (44%)attempts 13–26goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestZucker – Kerfoot – Carcone4:19

    xG 0.36–0.11 (76%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – O'Brien – Kelemen3:09

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Schmaltz – Keller6:00

    xG 0.18–0.20 (47%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli13:22

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumba – Brown5:45

    xG 0.49–0.24 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Dermott – Välimäki2:17

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Dumba – Dermott7:38

    xG 0.23–0.20 (53%)attempts 11–2goals 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.

ARI 2.1 xGPHI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #963 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 51% of the time.

ARI winsPHI wins

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

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