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Tue, Mar 12, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

San Jose Sharks 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS11011009229
PHI111116114341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:29PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Morgan Frost · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:19SJSFilip ZadinaPPAssists: Luke Kunin, Alexander Barabanov · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:20PHIMorgan FrostPPAssists: Travis Konecny, Cam York · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:34SJSFilip ZadinaPPAssists: Luke Kunin, Klim Kostin · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:09PHIOwen TippettGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Cam York · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:43SJSFabian Zetterlund: Holding2 min
  2. P1 4:39SJSGivani Smith: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 4:39PHIScott Laughton: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 11:00PHIMorgan Frost: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 17:32PHITyson Foerster: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 2:42SJSThomas Bordeleau: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 6:24PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 9:00SJSJustin Bailey: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  9. P2 9:52PHIEgor Zamula: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 11:41PHIGarnet Hathaway: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 6:40SJSHenry Thrun: Throwing equipment2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPHI
29Shots on goal41
2.7Expected goals3.3
62Shot attempts70
20Faceoffs won40
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
25Hits30
11Blocked shots12
1Giveaways6
4Takeaways7

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestKostin – Sturm – Bordeleau5:51

    xG 0.52–0.09 (85%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Granlund – Zetterlund – Barabanov10:05

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Kunin – Zadina – Eklund8:21

    xG 0.09–0.29 (23%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Carpenter – Smith3:59

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. MacDonald – Addison7:34

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Burroughs2:13

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Thrun8:34

    xG 0.32–0.44 (42%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestFrost – Farabee – Brink5:55

    xG 0.13–0.02 (86%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Couturier – Tippett – Foerster2:11

    xG 0.12–0.02 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Konecny – Gurianov5:24

    xG 0.39–0.35 (52%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  4. Hathaway – Poehling – Cates8:22

    xG 0.34–0.39 (47%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Zamula12:15

    xG 0.32–0.20 (61%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York12:14

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Attard9:29

    xG 0.46–0.47 (50%)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 3.3 xGSJS 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHISJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 53/100 · #680 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 59% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

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

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