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Thu, Oct 30, 2025·Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia

Nashville Predators 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 69% of the time.

PHI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH01011409133
PHI032827418

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:45PHITrevor ZegrasAssists: Matvei Michkov, Owen Tippett · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:41PHIJamie DrysdaleGWGAssists: Matvei Michkov, Trevor Zegras · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:03NSHMatthew WoodAssists: Michael Bunting, Erik Haula · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:00PHITrevor ZegrasPPAssists: Cam York, Noah Cates · Slap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:54PHITravis KonecnyENAssists: Christian Dvorak · Wrist, 0.75 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:54PHIJamie Drysdale: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:57PHIBobby Brink: Interference2 min
  3. P3 6:57NSHNicolas Hague: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 14:17NSHErik Haula: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 14:17PHINoah Cates: Slashing2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← NSH attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHPHI
33Shots on goal18
3.5Expected goals2.3
72Shot attempts42
28Faceoffs won23
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits21
12Blocked shots21
19Giveaways17
4Takeaways3

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista9:49

    xG 0.48–0.04 (92%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Marchessault – Svechkov5:48

    xG 0.66–0.23 (74%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. McCarron – Smith – Wiesblatt9:27

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Bunting – Wood4:59

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStastney – Barron13:42

    xG 0.71–0.10 (88%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Hague – Blankenburg15:16

    xG 1.17–0.57 (67%)attempts 21–15goals 0–2

  3. Skjei – Perbix15:27

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Konecny – Tippett2:23

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Zegras – Michkov2:24

    xG 0.20–0.10 (67%)attempts 4–3goals 2–0

  3. Konecny – Abols – Zegras2:30

    xG 0.14–0.11 (57%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Abols – Tippett – Michkov2:04

    xG 0.08–0.09 (46%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJuulsen – Andrae12:48

    xG 0.51–0.29 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York18:58

    xG 0.21–0.96 (18%)attempts 8–26goals 1–0

  3. Seeler – Drysdale15:51

    xG 0.36–1.13 (24%)attempts 12–20goals 1–1

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.

PHI 2.3 xGNSH 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #996 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 69% of the time.

PHI winsNSH wins

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

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

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