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Thu, Mar 28, 2024·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 63% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0509116130
MTL260625417

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:58MTLNick SuzukiPPAssists: Juraj Slafkovský, Mike Matheson · Snap, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:46MTLJesse YlonenGWGAssists: Jayden Struble, Nick Suzuki · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:05MTLJoel ArmiaENAssists: Mike Matheson, Kaiden Guhle · Wrist, 0.67 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:59PHIOwen TippettAssists: Garnet Hathaway, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:56MTLJake EvansENAssists: Mike Matheson, Joel Armia · Backhand, 0.63 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 6:47MTLArber Xhekaj: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:37PHITravis Sanheim: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 0:00MTLArber Xhekaj: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 0:00PHIScott Laughton: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 1:36PHIOwen Tippett: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 1:36MTLJayden Struble: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 6:40PHIRonnie Attard: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 11:51MTLColin White: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 1:43MTLJosh Anderson: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 7:20MTLArber Xhekaj: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 16:39MTLJake Evans: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 16:39PHIGarnet Hathaway: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Frost won the faceoff against Suzuki
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
30Shots on goal17
2.7Expected goals3.3
65Shot attempts42
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
10Penalty minutes14
21Hits27
13Blocked shots22
9Giveaways11
1Takeaways8

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. bestHathaway – Poehling – Farabee2:49

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Brink2:24

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Hathaway – Poehling – Foerster4:27

    xG 0.08–0.08 (49%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Couturier – Lycksell5:55

    xG 0.01–0.01 (39%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York15:22

    xG 1.00–0.49 (67%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  2. Ginning – Attard9:07

    xG 0.19–0.28 (41%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Zamula11:06

    xG 0.27–0.58 (31%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGallagher – Armia – Newhook9:30

    xG 0.64–0.42 (60%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. White – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard5:24

    xG 0.05–0.01 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský9:53

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Anderson – Evans – Ylonen7:28

    xG 0.16–0.26 (37%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Guhle11:18

    xG 0.45–0.21 (68%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Harris – Struble10:53

    xG 0.70–0.51 (58%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Xhekaj12:32

    xG 0.19–0.84 (19%)attempts 7–17goals 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.

MTL 3.3 xGPHI 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #1043 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 63% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

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

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