Sat, Apr 5, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal
Philadelphia Flyers 2, Montréal Canadiens 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 73% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | 18 | 05 | 111 | 224 |
| MTL | 04 | 011 | 311 | 326 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 4:10PHIRyan PoehlingAssists: Jakob Pelletier, Cam York · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–0
- P3 1:24MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Jake Evans, Christian Dvorak · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
- P3 2:40MTLLane HutsonAssists: Nick Suzuki · Snap, 0.01 xG1–2
- P3 10:39MTLNick SuzukiSHGWGAssists: Kaiden Guhle · Snap, 0.16 xG1–3
- P3 19:20PHITyson FoersterPPAssists: Travis Konecny, Ryan Poehling · Snap, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
- P1 5:41MTLAlexandre Carrier: High sticking double minor4 min
- P1 11:38PHICam York: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
- P2 11:05PHIJakob Pelletier: Slashing2 min
- P3 9:20MTLJuraj Slafkovský: Boarding2 min
- P3 18:13MTLMike Matheson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
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 20:00Suzuki 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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.
Philadelphia Flyers
Forward lines
- bestTippett – Poehling – Pelletier7:28
xG 0.31–0.24 (56%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0
- Deslauriers – Hathaway – Dorwart4:14
xG 0.01–0.34 (2%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0
- Cates – Brink – Foerster9:22
xG 0.07–0.45 (14%)attempts 3–13goals 0–1
- Couturier – Konecny – Michkov15:03
xG 0.41–1.14 (27%)attempts 14–18goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- Zamula – Andrae12:05
xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0
- York – Drysdale11:31
xG 0.49–0.69 (42%)attempts 9–13goals 1–2
- Sanheim – Drysdale3:28
xG 0.03–0.25 (11%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
Montréal Canadiens
Forward lines
- bestGallagher – Dvorak – Evans8:29
xG 0.94–0.17 (85%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0
- Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský12:18
xG 0.54–0.26 (68%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0
- Laine – Newhook – Heineman7:36
xG 0.43–0.17 (72%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0
- Armia – Pezzetta – Kapanen3:44
xG 0.16–0.05 (77%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMatheson – Carrier14:04
xG 0.85–0.37 (70%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1
- Struble – Hutson4:06
xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0
- Guhle – Hutson13:37
xG 0.60–0.23 (72%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0
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.
MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 73% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MTL − PHI), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).