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Tue, Nov 4, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Montréal Canadiens 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 84% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI312017111021542
MTL024907020420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:56PHIBobby BrinkAssists: Travis Sanheim, Cam York · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:07PHICam YorkPPAssists: Trevor Zegras, Travis Konecny · Slap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P1 7:50PHIBobby BrinkPPAssists: Noah Cates, Trevor Zegras · Snap, 0.26 xG3–0
  4. P2 3:12MTLKirby DachAssists: Noah Dobson, Brendan Gallagher · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:15MTLNick SuzukiPPAssists: Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield · Snap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:28MTLKirby DachAssists: Lane Hutson, Jayden Struble · Snap, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P2 15:57MTLIvan DemidovPPAssists: Juraj Slafkovský, Lane Hutson · Snap, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 10:51PHINikita GrebenkinAssists: Travis Konecny, Jamie Drysdale · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Ivan Demidov stopped
  2. 2. PHI Trevor Zegras scored
  3. 3. MTL Cole Caufield stopped
  4. 4. PHI Matvei Michkov stopped
  5. 5. MTL Nick Suzuki stopped
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 5:39MTLMike Matheson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:07MTLNoah Dobson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:08PHINick Seeler: Interference2 min
  4. P2 3:28PHITravis Sanheim: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:28PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 8:12PHIGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 8:12MTLJuraj Slafkovský: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 10:32MTLJoseph Veleno: Illegal check to head2 min
  9. P2 15:22PHIBobby Brink: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P2 17:31MTLKirby Dach: Holding2 min
  11. P3 2:30PHINicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 2:30MTLArber Xhekaj: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 6:25MTLCole Caufield: Boarding2 min
  14. OT 4:52MTLIvan Demidov: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suzuki won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
42Shots on goal20
5.4Expected goals2.8
72Shot attempts46
20Faceoffs won38
6Power plays4
15Penalty minutes19
22Hits26
10Blocked shots15
17Giveaways17
3Takeaways3

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. bestDvorak – Tippett – Zegras12:48

    xG 1.01–0.08 (92%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Couturier – Brink – Michkov7:54

    xG 0.24–0.06 (80%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Konecny – Cates – Grebenkin8:14

    xG 0.34–0.32 (52%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Gaucher5:28

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York15:04

    xG 1.63–0.51 (76%)attempts 23–14goals 1–1

  2. Juulsen – Andrae8:11

    xG 0.07–0.15 (31%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Drysdale15:05

    xG 0.46–0.60 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGallagher – Dach – Bolduc8:50

    xG 0.74–0.38 (66%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský13:30

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Anderson – Evans – Veleno10:05

    xG 0.16–0.33 (33%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov8:09

    xG 0.17–0.58 (23%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStruble – Hutson11:32

    xG 0.50–0.30 (63%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Dobson – Hutson2:06

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Carrier – Xhekaj8:15

    xG 0.07–0.07 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 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.

MTL 2.8 xGPHI 5.4 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #43 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.41 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 84% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

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

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