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Thu, Dec 12, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Detroit Red Wings 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 77% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0707112126
PHI01211737436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:22PHIScott LaughtonUnassisted · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:31PHIScott LaughtonSHGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim · Tip-in, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:07DETBen ChiarotAssists: Andrew Copp, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:53PHIScott LaughtonENAssists: Travis Konecny, Noah Cates · Wrist, 0.72 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:47PHIScott LaughtonENAssists: Garnet Hathaway · Wrist, 0.77 xG1–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 15:34DETSimon Edvinsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 0:03PHIMatvei Michkov: Roughing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHI
26Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals3.7
54Shot attempts58
17Faceoffs won29
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
16Hits12
12Blocked shots19
19Giveaways15
7Takeaways5

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Copp – Compher10:17

    xG 0.50–0.20 (72%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Larkin – DeBrincat – Raymond13:52

    xG 0.74–0.67 (52%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  3. Fischer – Veleno – Berggren9:00

    xG 0.08–0.31 (20%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Rasmussen – Kasper10:17

    xG 0.16–0.55 (22%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Gustafsson2:17

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Gustafsson – Johansson9:24

    xG 0.13–0.10 (55%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Chiarot14:52

    xG 0.72–0.77 (49%)attempts 15–22goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCates – Brink – Foerster8:18

    xG 0.50–0.18 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Michkov11:59

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Hathaway – Poehling9:56

    xG 0.19–0.52 (27%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  4. Couturier – Konecny – Farabee13:51

    xG 0.44–0.97 (31%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Zamula15:44

    xG 0.92–0.24 (79%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York17:47

    xG 0.63–0.75 (46%)attempts 15–21goals 0–1

  3. Seeler – Drysdale13:45

    xG 0.38–0.58 (40%)attempts 14–16goals 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 3.7 xGDET 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1002 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 77% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

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

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