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Sat, Mar 2, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 2, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0411418226
PHI11921714440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:08PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Nick Seeler · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:04OTTVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Shane Pinto, Mathieu Joseph · Backhand, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:13PHITyson FoersterAssists: Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:58PHITyson FoersterGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.35 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:02OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:59PHICam YorkENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.50 xG2–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:49OTTJakob Chychrun: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:05OTTRidly Greig: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 11:07OTTArtem Zub: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:29PHITyson Foerster: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:53OTTMathieu Joseph: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 16:53PHITravis Sanheim: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 19:58OTTShane Pinto: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  8. P3 4:10PHICam York: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P3 10:26PHIScott Laughton: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 14:37OTTMaxence Guenette: Interference2 min
  11. P3 16:01PHIJoel Farabee: 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 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Poehling
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
26Shots on goal40
2.4Expected goals4.2
72Shot attempts64
31Faceoffs won23
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
25Hits27
13Blocked shots28
7Giveaways4
3Takeaways3

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. bestTarasenko – Joseph – Pinto8:09

    xG 0.46–0.09 (83%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Tarasenko – Kubalik – Kastelic2:32

    xG 0.01–0.50 (2%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Batherson – Stützle8:45

    xG 0.14–0.73 (16%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chabot – Chychrun3:09

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Bernard-Docker7:05

    xG 0.10–0.17 (37%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Chabot – Guenette2:15

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHathaway – Poehling – Cates8:49

    xG 1.00–0.20 (83%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  2. Atkinson – Tippett – Frost7:52

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Farabee – Foerster9:14

    xG 0.47–0.20 (70%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  4. Deslauriers – Couturier – Brink5:58

    xG 0.02–0.35 (5%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Walker11:45

    xG 1.52–0.15 (91%)attempts 26–11goals 2–1

  2. Staal – Zamula9:30

    xG 0.09–0.13 (41%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – York12:53

    xG 0.54–0.69 (44%)attempts 7–21goals 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 4.2 xGOTT 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #787 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 79% 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).