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Sat, Mar 22, 2025·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI082501100224
DAL23070811319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:27DALThomas HarleyAssists: Colin Blackwell, Sam Steel · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:59DALEsa LindellAssists: Mikael Granlund, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:03PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Sean Couturier, Cam York · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:48PHIRyan PoehlingAssists: Matvei Michkov, Tyson Foerster · Snap, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:09DALThomas HarleyGWGAssists: Jason Robertson · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 15:11DALIlya Lyubushkin: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 15:11DALIlya Lyubushkin: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:11PHITravis Konecny: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:40DALJason Robertson: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 13:45PHINick Seeler: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 16:07PHIBobby Brink: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 19:51PHITravis Konecny: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 3:13PHIOwen Tippett: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 4:41DALMathew Dumba: Interference2 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 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cates won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDAL
24Shots on goal19
2.5Expected goals1.8
57Shot attempts51
26Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits16
20Blocked shots16
14Giveaways27
6Takeaways6

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 – Foerster9:22

    xG 0.64–0.05 (93%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Poehling – Pelletier3:11

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Poehling – Lycksell – Pelletier4:15

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Abols – Tippett2:44

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York16:03

    xG 0.87–0.41 (68%)attempts 18–17goals 1–1

  2. Zamula – Andrae8:01

    xG 0.44–0.08 (84%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Drysdale13:21

    xG 0.23–0.40 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRantanen – Hintz – Robertson11:22

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston9:54

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  3. Blackwell – Steel – Bäck9:25

    xG 0.08–0.38 (18%)attempts 5–6goals 1–1

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Marchment8:34

    xG 0.28–0.69 (29%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Harley4:45

    xG 0.32–0.10 (77%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Ceci – Lindell12:32

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  3. Dumba – Bichsel10:58

    xG 0.18–0.46 (27%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

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.

DAL 1.8 xGPHI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #461 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 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 62% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
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+5
+6
+7

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