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Sat, Dec 9, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI112212210534
COL113115010238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:41PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Sean Couturier, Tyson Foerster · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:59COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Josh Manson, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:01PHIOwen TippettAssists: Bobby Brink · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:17PHITravis SanheimGWGAssists: Morgan Frost, Owen Tippett · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:28COLJosh MansonAssists: Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:31PHITravis KonecnyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.35 xG4–2
  7. P3 10:17PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Bobby Brink, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.31 xG5–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:52PHIOwen Tippett: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 13:03COLJoel Kiviranta: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 17:12PHITravis Konecny: Holding2 min
  4. P3 9:31COLNathan MacKinnon: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICOL
34Shots on goal38
4.1Expected goals3.1
56Shot attempts77
34Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
23Hits22
23Blocked shots12
10Giveaways17
12Takeaways15

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. bestDeslauriers – Couturier – Hathaway4:18

    xG 0.54–0.04 (92%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Frost – Farabee3:16

    xG 0.75–0.25 (75%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Tippett – Frost – Brink6:07

    xG 0.69–0.23 (75%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  4. Atkinson – Laughton – Farabee6:58

    xG 0.37–0.14 (72%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Sanheim5:54

    xG 0.71–0.24 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Sanheim – York10:54

    xG 0.44–0.09 (84%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  3. Seeler – Walker8:18

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Drouin – O'Connor6:45

    xG 0.50–0.31 (62%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Johansen – MacDermid2:12

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Johansen – Drouin3:37

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Wood – Colton – Kiviranta5:28

    xG 0.21–0.26 (45%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manson – Toews3:34

    xG 0.02–0.05 (29%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Makar – Byram4:01

    xG 0.51–0.77 (40%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Malinski10:31

    xG 0.39–0.77 (33%)attempts 18–11goals 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.

COL 3.1 xGPHI 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #638 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 65% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

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

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