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Sun, Jan 5, 2025·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI114190702232
TOR213050512325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:24PHITyson FoersterAssists: Noah Cates, Rasmus Ristolainen · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:02TORMatthew KniesAssists: Auston Matthews, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:52TOROliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Steven Lorentz, Connor Dewar · Poke, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:08PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Sean Couturier, Rasmus Ristolainen · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:25TORMorgan RiellyGWGAssists: Auston Matthews, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 19:54TORJake McCabe: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 19:54PHIGarnet Hathaway: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 19:54PHIGarnet Hathaway: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:54TORJake McCabe: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:00PHIOwen Tippett: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 8:57TORMatthew Knies: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:08TORDavid Kampf: Holding2 min
  8. P3 5:13TORMax Domi: Elbowing2 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 SOG0TOR
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITOR
32Shots on goal25
2.9Expected goals2.3
68Shot attempts51
18Faceoffs won37
3Power plays1
9Penalty minutes13
33Hits43
12Blocked shots17
16Giveaways17
4Takeaways2

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. bestCates – Brink – Foerster10:02

    xG 0.77–0.16 (82%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Couturier – Hathaway – Farabee7:28

    xG 0.13–0.02 (85%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Frost – Michkov7:49

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Konecny – Tippett – Poehling12:13

    xG 0.27–0.78 (26%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Drysdale12:07

    xG 0.58–0.31 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York17:47

    xG 0.89–0.63 (59%)attempts 16–20goals 1–1

  3. Ristolainen – Zamula16:22

    xG 0.36–0.65 (35%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarner – Matthews – Knies14:25

    xG 0.88–0.60 (59%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  2. Lorentz – Kampf – Dewar7:50

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  3. Domi – Robertson – McMann7:18

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Pacioretty – Tavares – Nylander10:48

    xG 0.15–0.48 (23%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – McCabe5:30

    xG 0.53–0.10 (84%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Benoit8:16

    xG 0.42–0.37 (54%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly6:44

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 5–3goals 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.

TOR 2.3 xGPHI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #723 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 60% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

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

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