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Wed, Jan 10, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Montréal Canadiens 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 74% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL2206010010219
PHI11017015071339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:29MTLSean MonahanAssists: Justin Barron, Kaiden Guhle · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:28MTLDavid SavardAssists: Michael Pezzetta, Juraj Slafkovský · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:41PHIOwen TippettAssists: Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:30PHIMorgan FrostPPAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Tyson Foerster · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Sean Couturier scored
  2. 2. MTL Nick Suzuki stopped
  3. 3. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  4. 4. MTL Cole Caufield stopped
  5. 5. PHI Bobby Brink stopped
  6. 6. MTL Jesse Ylonen stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 8:24PHITyson Foerster: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 8:01MTLJordan Harris: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:16MTLDavid Savard: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLPHI
19Shots on goal39
2.0Expected goals3.3
47Shot attempts79
26Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits22
27Blocked shots16
4Giveaways4
5Takeaways6

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGallagher – Anderson – Evans13:18

    xG 0.73–0.63 (54%)attempts 21–18goals 0–0

  2. Armia – Stephens – Pezzetta7:57

    xG 0.16–0.20 (45%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský15:28

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

  4. Monahan – Ylonen – Heineman9:44

    xG 0.17–0.85 (16%)attempts 4–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Savard – Struble2:23

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Harris – Struble14:41

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Guhle – Barron15:14

    xG 0.64–0.83 (44%)attempts 11–22goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Tippett – Frost3:20

    xG 0.53–0.08 (87%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  2. Laughton – Hathaway – Foerster3:41

    xG 0.22–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Poehling – Farabee – Brink5:29

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Hathaway – Tippett3:51

    xG 0.22–0.09 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Zamula5:10

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Drysdale10:57

    xG 0.54–0.23 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Zamula6:03

    xG 0.45–0.14 (76%)attempts 7–5goals 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.

PHI 3.3 xGMTL 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #554 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 74% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

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

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