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Sun, Mar 23, 2025·United Center, Chicago

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Chicago Blackhawks 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 54% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI3121908429
CHI3931614729

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:59PHIJamie DrysdaleAssists: Matvei Michkov, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:14CHIPatrick MaroonAssists: Nick Foligno, Ilya Mikheyev · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:01CHIJoseph VelenoAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Philipp Kurashev · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P1 8:13PHITravis SanheimAssists: Travis Konecny, Matvei Michkov · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P1 11:59PHIBobby BrinkAssists: Noah Cates, Tyson Foerster · Backhand, 0.36 xG3–2
  6. P1 18:12CHIConnor BedardUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P2 2:37CHITyler BertuzziAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Joseph Veleno · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–4
  8. P2 6:43CHIRyan DonatoPPGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Connor Bedard · Tip-in, 0.16 xG3–5
  9. P2 10:14PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Sean Couturier · Tip-in, 0.05 xG4–5
  10. P2 13:27CHIRyan DonatoPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–6
  11. P3 2:13CHILukas ReichelAssists: Patrick Maroon, Alex Vlasic · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–7
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:57PHIEgor Zamula: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:28PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:28PHIMatvei Michkov: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:23PHITravis Sanheim: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:26CHITyler Bertuzzi: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:35CHIEthan Del Mastro: Holding2 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 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cates won the faceoff against Nazar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICHI
29Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals3.1
62Shot attempts54
39Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
24Hits17
18Blocked shots13
22Giveaways21
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. bestCates – Brink – Foerster10:30

    xG 0.93–0.13 (88%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Tippett – Poehling – Pelletier4:09

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Konecny – Michkov11:01

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 17–12goals 3–2

  4. Deslauriers – Abols – Tippett3:44

    xG 0.12–0.07 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Drysdale14:24

    xG 1.00–0.57 (64%)attempts 16–15goals 3–1

  2. Sanheim – York16:54

    xG 0.62–0.37 (63%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  3. Zamula – Andrae13:47

    xG 0.44–0.67 (39%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Teravainen – Mikheyev10:31

    xG 0.38–0.05 (89%)attempts 10–7goals 0–2

  2. Maroon – Reichel – Slaggert7:18

    xG 0.17–0.08 (69%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Kurashev – Veleno10:44

    xG 0.52–0.48 (52%)attempts 7–9goals 2–1

  4. Donato – Nazar – Bedard10:47

    xG 0.22–1.23 (15%)attempts 8–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Mastro – Levshunov4:11

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Crevier – Kaiser2:09

    xG 0.07–0.01 (91%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Del Mastro13:01

    xG 0.26–0.35 (42%)attempts 11–7goals 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.

CHI 3.1 xGPHI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #179 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 11 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 54% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

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

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