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Mon, Nov 25, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Vegas Golden Knights 5, Philadelphia Flyers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 93% of the time.

PHI winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VGK0531916001530
PHI2727014080436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:51PHIMorgan FrostAssists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Owen Tippett · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:07PHISean CouturierAssists: Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:28PHIEmil AndraeAssists: Garnet Hathaway, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:42VGKJack EichelAssists: Ivan Barbashev · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:32VGKIvan BarbashevAssists: Jack Eichel · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:18PHIMatvei MichkovAssists: Morgan Frost · Snap, 0.22 xG2–4
  7. P2 18:10VGKPavel DorofeyevPPAssists: Shea Theodore, Tomas Hertl · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:55VGKTanner PearsonAssists: Noah Hanifin, Nicolas Hague · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  2. 2. VGK Pavel Dorofeyev stopped
  3. 3. PHI Matvei Michkov stopped
  4. 4. VGK Jack Eichel scored
  5. 5. PHI Owen Tippett stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:57VGKShea Theodore: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 18:05PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 13:04VGKTomas Hertl: Tripping2 min
  4. OT 2:38VGKNicolas Roy: Holding2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKPHI
30Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals5.7
52Shot attempts71
31Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
28Hits14
14Blocked shots15
14Giveaways13
6Takeaways6

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestPearson – Howden – Dorofeyev11:23

    xG 0.71–0.19 (79%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev2:29

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Barbashev – Eichel – Burke11:22

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  4. Morelli – Schwindt – Holtz5:47

    xG 0.02–0.14 (11%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHagg – Hague4:11

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Hagg – Korczak7:14

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Hague11:59

    xG 0.76–0.94 (45%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Konecny – Farabee14:42

    xG 1.19–0.51 (70%)attempts 22–17goals 1–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Michkov10:18

    xG 0.81–0.29 (73%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  3. Laughton – Hathaway – Poehling9:46

    xG 0.51–0.11 (82%)attempts 10–5goals 1–1

  4. Cates – Brink – Foerster9:41

    xG 0.24–0.53 (32%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Andrae15:32

    xG 1.21–0.18 (87%)attempts 17–6goals 4–1

  2. Sanheim – York19:54

    xG 1.14–0.62 (65%)attempts 22–23goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Grans12:50

    xG 0.34–0.72 (32%)attempts 9–17goals 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 5.7 xGVGK 2.0 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #88 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 93% of the time.

PHI winsVGK wins

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

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