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Thu, Dec 5, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Florida Panthers 7, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 67% of the time.

PHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA2721338728
PHI010413111534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:36FLAEvan RodriguesUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:57FLANiko MikkolaAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Jesper Boqvist · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:00FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Sam Reinhart, Matthew Tkachuk · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–0
  4. P2 7:13PHITyson FoersterPPAssists: Joel Farabee, Matvei Michkov · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P2 9:31PHINick SeelerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:35FLACarter VerhaeghePPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–2
  7. P2 17:41PHIOwen TippettAssists: Matvei Michkov · Snap, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P2 18:04PHIOwen TippettAssists: Matvei Michkov · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–4
  9. P3 5:39PHIGarnet HathawayAssists: Scott Laughton, Rasmus Ristolainen · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–5
  10. P3 14:43FLAGustav ForslingAssists: Sam Bennett, Evan Rodrigues · Snap, 0.02 xG5–5
  11. P3 18:01FLASam ReinhartPPGWGAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.09 xG6–5
  12. P3 19:49FLAMatthew TkachukENAssists: Sam Reinhart, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.77 xG7–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 9:16FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:32PHIJoel Farabee: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:30FLASam Bennett: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:47PHIScott Laughton: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 1:12FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 13:37FLAAdam Boqvist: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 14:27PHIBobby Brink: Interference2 min
  8. P3 14:27FLADmitry Kulikov: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:27PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 17:32PHIJoel Farabee: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 17:32FLAGustav Forsling: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 17:32PHIJoel Farabee: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 18:36PHIEmil Andrae: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAPHI
28Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals2.3
64Shot attempts60
32Faceoffs won31
5Power plays4
12Penalty minutes14
37Hits16
13Blocked shots21
8Giveaways7
7Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart14:11

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell7:36

    xG 0.11–0.22 (33%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Nosek – Greer – Gadjovich6:09

    xG 0.11–0.49 (19%)attempts 4–12goals 0–2

  4. Bennett – Tkachuk – Boqvist9:47

    xG 0.17–0.80 (17%)attempts 8–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Mikkola9:38

    xG 0.56–0.21 (73%)attempts 20–6goals 1–2

  2. Ekblad – Forsling14:26

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

  3. Kulikov – Schmidt2:33

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLaughton – Hathaway – Poehling7:25

    xG 0.54–0.06 (90%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Cates – Brink – Foerster6:26

    xG 0.25–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  3. Tippett – Frost – Michkov7:04

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  4. Couturier – Konecny – Farabee13:54

    xG 0.30–0.41 (43%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Zamula10:52

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

  2. Ristolainen – Andrae11:58

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Sanheim – York16:05

    xG 0.86–0.76 (53%)attempts 23–18goals 2–1

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 2.3 xGFLA 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 100/100 · #4 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.81 · 12 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 67% of the time.

PHI winsFLA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).