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Thu, Jan 18, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Dallas Stars 1, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 85% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL011806115
PHI114116313543

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:00PHISean WalkerAssists: Morgan Frost, Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:03PHIOwen TippettGWGAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:42DALTyler SeguinAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:44PHICam AtkinsonPPAssists: Morgan Frost, Travis Sanheim · Bat, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:16PHIScott LaughtonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:30PHIOwen TippettUnassisted · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 0:46PHITyson Foerster: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 5:34DALJason Robertson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:06DALSam Steel: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:06DALThomas Harley: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:40PHITyson Foerster: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 7:02DALRyan Suter: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 9:16DALJoel Hanley: Penalty shot hooking 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHI
15Shots on goal43
1.7Expected goals4.0
46Shot attempts77
28Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
23Hits20
20Blocked shots20
7Giveaways4
3Takeaways9

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHintz – Robertson – Johnston10:24

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment10:50

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  3. Pavelski – Benn – Steel10:05

    xG 0.28–0.58 (33%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  4. Dadonov – Smith – Faksa8:22

    xG 0.01–0.83 (2%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLundkvist – Harley4:05

    xG 0.49–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Lindell2:07

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Lundkvist11:22

    xG 0.10–0.45 (18%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Frost – Farabee8:46

    xG 0.63–0.01 (98%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Poehling – Cates2:15

    xG 0.51–0.05 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Atkinson – Poehling – Cates2:01

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Hathaway – Foerster10:44

    xG 0.03–0.21 (12%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Zamula6:09

    xG 0.73–0.06 (92%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. York – Drysdale5:23

    xG 0.45–0.14 (77%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Walker5:29

    xG 0.43–0.14 (76%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

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 4.0 xGDAL 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #988 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 85% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

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

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