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Sun, Oct 27, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Montréal Canadiens 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL1113805424
PHI1907210326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:42MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Kirby Dach, Jayden Struble · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:24PHITravis SanheimAssists: Ryan Poehling, Garnet Hathaway · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:48MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Logan Mailloux, Josh Anderson · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:48MTLCole CaufieldPPAssists: Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:01MTLJake EvansGWGAssists: Brendan Gallagher, David Savard · Snap, 0.02 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:48PHITravis SanheimAssists: Joel Farabee, Nicolas Deslauriers · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:17PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Owen Tippett, Travis Sanheim · Snap, 0.29 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:12MTLArber Xhekaj: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 18:01MTLOliver Kapanen: Holding2 min
  3. P2 11:05PHIJamie Drysdale: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:09PHIMatvei Michkov: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 19:23MTLNick Suzuki: Interference2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLPHI
24Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals2.8
50Shot attempts67
22Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits28
22Blocked shots12
15Giveaways22
9Takeaways9

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestSuzuki – Dach – Caufield12:21

    xG 0.88–0.70 (56%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  2. Dvorak – Pezzetta – Heineman9:10

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Gallagher – Anderson – Evans10:49

    xG 0.15–0.34 (30%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

  4. Armia – Newhook – Kapanen9:01

    xG 0.09–0.54 (14%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Struble13:29

    xG 0.83–0.27 (75%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Savard – Hutson17:16

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  3. Matheson – Xhekaj3:29

    xG 0.01–0.33 (3%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLaughton – Poehling – Farabee9:52

    xG 0.58–0.11 (84%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Cates – Foerster9:48

    xG 0.60–0.33 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Frost4:28

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  4. Couturier – Konecny – Michkov13:32

    xG 0.25–0.53 (32%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Andrae9:28

    xG 0.46–0.07 (87%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim13:29

    xG 0.63–0.29 (68%)attempts 15–7goals 2–1

  3. Andrae – Drysdale2:42

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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 2.8 xGMTL 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #392 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 58% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

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

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