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Sat, Dec 16, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Detroit Red Wings 0, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

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

PHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET06011015032
PHI113010011134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:21PHICam YorkGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Tyson Foerster · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:28DETDaniel Sprong: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:52PHISean Walker: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:50DETChristian Fischer: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:01PHIEgor Zamula: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 7:05PHISean Walker: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:44DETShayne Gostisbehere: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHI
32Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals2.5
67Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits22
10Blocked shots21
9Giveaways11
4Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Fabbri – Sprong8:34

    xG 0.54–0.38 (59%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. DeBrincat – Veleno – Raymond9:07

    xG 0.27–0.28 (49%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Compher – Rasmussen10:05

    xG 0.26–0.46 (36%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

  4. Fischer – Czarnik – Kostin5:14

    xG 0.03–0.41 (7%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Gostisbehere15:06

    xG 0.35–0.19 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Seider2:10

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Chiarot13:58

    xG 0.53–0.57 (48%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Konecny – Foerster10:33

    xG 0.83–0.11 (88%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Brink8:11

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Laughton – Hathaway8:23

    xG 0.08–0.32 (20%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Poehling – Farabee8:11

    xG 0.10–0.37 (21%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – York14:53

    xG 0.77–0.31 (71%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Walker14:08

    xG 0.52–0.56 (48%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Zamula13:28

    xG 0.50–0.69 (42%)attempts 12–12goals 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 2.5 xGDET 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1199 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 winsDET wins

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

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