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Wed, Dec 18, 2024·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Detroit Red Wings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 77% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1415210419
DET1113726624

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:06PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Joel Farabee, Sean Couturier · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:19DETJ.T. CompherPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:15DETAlex DeBrincatAssists: Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:40PHINoah CatesAssists: Tyson Foerster, Nick Seeler · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:05DETMichael RasmussenAssists: J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:27DETJoseph VelenoAssists: Christian Fischer · Snap, 0.23 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:50PHIRyan PoehlingAssists: Sean Couturier, Travis Sanheim · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 5:39PHIOwen TippettAssists: Scott Laughton, Jamie Drysdale · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–4
  9. P3 7:22DETPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–5
  10. P3 18:48DETLucas RaymondENAssists: Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.74 xG4–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:16PHITravis Sanheim: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:42PHIOwen Tippett: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P3 12:09DETPatrick Kane: Hooking2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kasper won the faceoff against Poehling
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDET
19Shots on goal24
2.2Expected goals3.8
46Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won20
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
18Hits15
19Blocked shots11
17Giveaways11
5Takeaways4

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLaughton – Tippett – Farabee3:22

    xG 0.59–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Couturier – Konecny – Farabee6:52

    xG 0.40–0.17 (70%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  3. Konecny – Frost – Michkov3:31

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Couturier – Hathaway – Poehling2:07

    xG 0.11–0.06 (66%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Drysdale5:59

    xG 0.48–0.08 (85%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Drysdale10:47

    xG 0.57–0.21 (73%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Ristolainen – Zamula12:10

    xG 0.40–0.21 (65%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFischer – Veleno – Kasper7:59

    xG 0.59–0.31 (66%)attempts 12–4goals 1–1

  2. Tarasenko – Larkin – Raymond12:45

    xG 0.17–0.19 (48%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Motte – Compher – Rasmussen12:19

    xG 0.18–0.40 (32%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

  4. Kane – Copp – DeBrincat8:48

    xG 0.43–0.87 (33%)attempts 7–13goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Gustafsson8:03

    xG 0.43–0.17 (71%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  2. Petry – Gustafsson3:35

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Holl6:06

    xG 0.12–0.18 (40%)attempts 3–7goals 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.

DET 3.8 xGPHI 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #78 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 77% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

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

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