Tue, Dec 31, 2024·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose
Philadelphia Flyers 4, San Jose Sharks 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 71% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | 19 | 211 | 114 | 434 |
| SJS | 07 | 08 | 07 | 022 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 5:59PHINick SeelerGWGAssists: Jamie Drysdale · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
- P2 12:09PHIRyan PoehlingAssists: Egor Zamula, Bobby Brink · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–0
- P2 13:44PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Owen Tippett, Jamie Drysdale · Slap, 0.05 xG3–0
- P3 2:30PHIEgor ZamulaAssists: Bobby Brink, Noah Cates · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–0
Penalties (6)
- P1 12:29SJSTy Dellandrea: High sticking2 min
- P1 14:38PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min
- P2 13:35SJSMikael Granlund: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P3 0:15SJSCody Ceci: High sticking2 min
- P3 11:53SJSLuke Kunin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- P3 11:53PHITravis Konecny: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Cates
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestKonecny – Tippett – Poehling9:46
xG 0.70–0.23 (75%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0
- Laughton – Frost – Michkov9:19
xG 0.39–0.07 (84%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0
- Cates – Brink – Foerster9:10
xG 0.30–0.07 (81%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0
- Couturier – Hathaway – Farabee10:01
xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestSeeler – Drysdale13:55
xG 0.96–0.55 (64%)attempts 17–20goals 1–0
- Ristolainen – Zamula15:12
xG 0.60–0.26 (70%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0
- Sanheim – York17:52
xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- Toffoli – Wennberg – Kovalenko9:11
xG 0.16–0.13 (56%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0
- Zetterlund – Smith – Celebrini12:32
xG 0.27–0.58 (32%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0
- Goodrow – Dellandrea – Sturm7:04
xG 0.09–0.47 (16%)attempts 5–8goals 0–2
- Granlund – Kunin – Kostin11:43
xG 0.22–0.71 (24%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Ferraro – Rutta3:17
xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0
- Rutta – Mukhamadullin10:11
xG 0.06–0.23 (20%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0
- Ferraro – Liljegren11:58
xG 0.30–0.53 (36%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
SJS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SJS is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.
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 71% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (SJS − PHI), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).