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Sat, Feb 22, 2025·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Edmonton Oilers 3, Philadelphia Flyers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 66% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM281703318
PHI19413110632

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:07PHIMatvei MichkovAssists: Scott Laughton, Egor Zamula · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:06EDMJohn KlingbergAssists: Ty Emberson, Connor Brown · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:31EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Matt Savoie, John Klingberg · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:45PHIOwen TippettUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:13PHISean CouturierAssists: Matvei Michkov · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P2 8:34EDMMattias EkholmAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:26PHIOwen TippettGWGAssists: Matvei Michkov, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–4
  8. P2 15:37PHIAndrei KuzmenkoPPAssists: Travis Konecny, Rasmus Ristolainen · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:01PHIRasmus RistolainenENAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 14:20EDMJohn Klingberg: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 4:15EDMBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 13:34PHINoah Cates: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMPHI
18Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals3.4
53Shot attempts50
20Faceoffs won23
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
18Hits18
7Blocked shots12
19Giveaways16
10Takeaways4

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Draisaitl – Savoie3:43

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid9:28

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  3. Draisaitl – Podkolzin – Savoie4:54

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 4–6goals 1–1

  4. Perry – Skinner – Janmark3:28

    xG 0.12–0.20 (39%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Nurse6:15

    xG 0.79–0.44 (64%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Kulak4:13

    xG 0.23–0.08 (75%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Emberson3:32

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Tippett – Michkov8:44

    xG 1.31–0.25 (84%)attempts 17–7goals 4–0

  2. Cates – Brink – Foerster12:40

    xG 0.39–0.35 (53%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Laughton – Konecny – Kuzmenko12:28

    xG 0.56–0.71 (44%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  4. Hathaway – Poehling – Pelletier9:29

    xG 0.13–0.29 (31%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Zamula13:42

    xG 0.68–0.60 (53%)attempts 10–12goals 1–2

  2. Sanheim – York19:37

    xG 0.61–0.57 (52%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  3. Seeler – Drysdale14:42

    xG 0.93–0.96 (49%)attempts 12–20goals 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 3.4 xGEDM 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #298 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 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 66% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

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

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