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Wed, Feb 21, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 67% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11621403333
CHI170807122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:18PHITravis SanheimAssists: Scott Laughton, Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:35CHIColin BlackwellAssists: Joey Anderson · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:15PHITravis KonecnyGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:55PHIGarnet HathawayAssists: Noah Cates, Ryan Poehling · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 9:02PHIEgor Zamula: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 7:05PHIJoel Farabee: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P3 2:51PHINick Seeler: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 2:51CHIReese Johnson: Fighting5 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Frost won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICHI
33Shots on goal22
3.4Expected goals2.4
68Shot attempts56
25Faceoffs won25
0Power plays2
9Penalty minutes5
21Hits24
21Blocked shots20
3Giveaways9
10Takeaways7

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. bestKonecny – Frost – Farabee12:27

    xG 0.93–0.47 (66%)attempts 23–9goals 0–0

  2. Hathaway – Poehling – Cates10:04

    xG 0.55–0.51 (52%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Deslauriers – Laughton – Tippett3:44

    xG 0.03–0.06 (36%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Couturier – Tippett9:36

    xG 0.18–0.24 (44%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalker – York4:59

    xG 0.59–0.26 (69%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Drysdale8:40

    xG 0.42–0.16 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Zamula2:47

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Donato – Entwistle – Johnson4:24

    xG 0.09–0.13 (40%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Blackwell – Dickinson – Anderson13:08

    xG 0.41–0.51 (45%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Kurashev – Bedard15:59

    xG 0.18–0.58 (23%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

  4. Johnson – Beauvillier – Raddysh10:36

    xG 0.45–1.01 (31%)attempts 10–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Korchinski9:25

    xG 0.65–0.57 (53%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Phillips6:58

    xG 0.06–0.01 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Tinordi – Megna3:50

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)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.

CHI 2.4 xGPHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #1094 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CHI 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 67% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

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

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