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Thu, Oct 31, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

St. Louis Blues 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 52% of the time.

PHI winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL070717121
PHI1601015221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:12PHIGarnet HathawayAssists: Ryan Poehling, Nick Seeler · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 9:58STLNathan WalkerAssists: Philip Broberg, Zachary Bolduc · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:59PHIBobby BrinkGWGAssists: Joel Farabee, Scott Laughton · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:42STLJordan Kyrou: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:34PHIErik Johnson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 4:55STLOskar Sundqvist: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:53PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:20STLRyan Suter: Tripping2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLPHI
21Shots on goal21
1.7Expected goals1.7
66Shot attempts51
20Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
24Hits10
14Blocked shots24
8Giveaways10
4Takeaways8

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Walker – Toropchenko5:51

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Faksa – Bolduc7:45

    xG 0.27–0.11 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Saad – Kyrou – Holloway11:40

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Texier – Neighbours9:34

    xG 0.11–0.55 (17%)attempts 5–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Broberg14:08

    xG 0.37–0.16 (70%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Parayko18:12

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 20–17goals 0–1

  3. Perunovich – Kessel9:11

    xG 0.16–0.26 (38%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLaughton – Farabee – Brink7:05

    xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Couturier – Konecny – Michkov9:14

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Tippett – Frost – Foerster7:51

    xG 0.11–0.10 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Hathaway – Poehling – Cates8:49

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 3–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Sanheim17:33

    xG 0.53–0.21 (71%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Drysdale12:50

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Andrae11:30

    xG 0.14–0.46 (24%)attempts 7–13goals 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 1.7 xGSTL 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHISTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #835 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 52% of the time.

PHI winsSTL wins

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

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