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Sun, Jan 21, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 5, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 89% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT08212314534
PHI281908325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:57PHIEgor ZamulaPPAssists: Joel Farabee, Cam York · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:40PHIEgor ZamulaAssists: Joel Farabee, Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:04OTTZack MacEwenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:50PHIJoel FarabeePPAssists: Egor Zamula, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:45OTTTim StützleAssists: Shane Pinto, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.94 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:19OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Jacob Bernard-Docker · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:07OTTVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Mathieu Joseph · Snap, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:37OTTTim StützleENAssists: Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.71 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:14PHINick Seeler: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:21OTTJake Sanderson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:16PHITravis Konecny: Interference2 min
  4. P1 18:57OTTJosh Norris: Interference2 min
  5. P2 4:36OTTJacob Bernard-Docker: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 10:32OTTJacob Bernard-Docker: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:10PHICam Atkinson: Slashing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
34Shots on goal25
4.5Expected goals1.9
64Shot attempts54
40Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits27
18Blocked shots12
4Giveaways1
6Takeaways5

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Norris – Tkachuk11:07

    xG 0.44–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0

  2. Chartier – MacEwen – Kelly6:35

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Batherson – Greig – Stützle11:10

    xG 0.15–0.26 (36%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Joseph – Pinto9:25

    xG 0.20–0.47 (30%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Chychrun10:42

    xG 0.47–0.08 (85%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Bernard-Docker – Sanderson2:46

    xG 0.46–0.11 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Sanderson – Zub15:52

    xG 0.53–0.45 (54%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Konecny – Farabee2:52

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Frost – Farabee6:32

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Laughton – Hathaway – Cates5:23

    xG 0.01–0.02 (24%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Couturier – Konecny – Foerster5:24

    xG 0.04–0.06 (42%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Ristolainen4:05

    xG 0.20–0.08 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Walker – Zamula3:21

    xG 0.19–0.08 (70%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. York – Drysdale3:44

    xG 0.07–0.02 (80%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

PHI 1.9 xGOTT 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #281 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 89% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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