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Sat, Oct 26, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Minnesota Wild 5, Philadelphia Flyers 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 66% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0731425526
PHI2313417723

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:18PHISean CouturierAssists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:51PHINick SeelerAssists: Travis Konecny, Matvei Michkov · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:54MINBrock FaberAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:27MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Declan Chisholm · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:16PHIMatvei MichkovAssists: Sean Couturier, Owen Tippett · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:56MINJoel Eriksson EkPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:18MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Zach Bogosian, Jonas Brodin · Tip-in, 0.04 xG4–3
  8. P3 4:55PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Morgan Frost, Owen Tippett · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–4
  9. P3 8:26PHISean CouturierAssists: Travis Konecny, Nick Seeler · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–5
  10. P3 13:28MINJake MiddletonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG5–5
  11. P3 17:36PHIRasmus RistolainenGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Travis Konecny · Backhand, 0.23 xG5–6
  12. P3 19:00PHISean CouturierENAssists: Noah Cates, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.78 xG5–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:55PHIJoel Farabee: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:25PHIScott Laughton: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:00PHIGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 19:09PHIJoel Farabee: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:15MINMarco Rossi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:57PHIGarnet Hathaway: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:57MINMats Zuccarello: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:31MINMatt Boldy: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Poehling won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHI
26Shots on goal23
2.6Expected goals3.5
66Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
9Hits24
12Blocked shots22
16Giveaways15
5Takeaways4

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Gaudreau – Trenin9:12

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 14–4goals 2–0

  2. Lauko – Khusnutdinov – Ohgren3:11

    xG 0.10–0.13 (42%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi12:49

    xG 0.17–0.37 (32%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy11:29

    xG 0.46–1.09 (29%)attempts 10–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Merrill – Chisholm11:14

    xG 0.26–0.37 (41%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  2. Middleton – Faber16:56

    xG 0.40–0.54 (43%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  3. Bogosian – Brodin15:46

    xG 0.42–1.29 (25%)attempts 14–16goals 1–4

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Konecny – Michkov11:42

    xG 1.55–0.52 (75%)attempts 18–13goals 4–1

  2. Tippett – Poehling – Foerster2:48

    xG 0.34–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. Deslauriers – Cates – Foerster4:41

    xG 0.10–0.08 (57%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Hathaway – Farabee4:12

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Drysdale13:33

    xG 1.14–0.32 (78%)attempts 13–14goals 2–1

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim17:56

    xG 0.44–0.34 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 1–2

  3. Johnson – Zamula10:49

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

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 3.5 xGMIN 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #13 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.89 · 12 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 66% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

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

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