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Thu, Apr 2, 2026·Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia

Detroit Red Wings 4, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 82% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET171824419
PHI07112115234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:49DETAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Moritz Seider · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:31PHITyson FoersterAssists: Owen Tippett, Trevor Zegras · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:29DETLucas RaymondAssists: J.T. Compher, Simon Edvinsson · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:37DETPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:29PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Porter Martone, Christian Dvorak · Deflected, 0.84 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:44DETAlex DeBrincatAssists: Andrew Copp, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:23PHIPorter Martone: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 18:32PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 1:48DETLucas Raymond: Hooking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHI
19Shots on goal34
2.1Expected goals4.1
39Shot attempts72
25Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
21Hits31
16Blocked shots9
12Giveaways13
6Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. van Riemsdyk – Shine – Kasper4:07

    xG 0.01–0.34 (4%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Copp – DeBrincat13:30

    xG 0.37–0.82 (31%)attempts 13–20goals 2–1

  3. Larkin – Appleton – Finnie12:07

    xG 0.11–0.64 (14%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Compher – Raymond14:17

    xG 0.53–1.14 (32%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeider – Edvinsson8:46

    xG 0.44–0.06 (89%)attempts 7–4goals 3–0

  2. Seider – Johansson12:00

    xG 0.15–0.42 (26%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Johansson4:06

    xG 0.00–0.37 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestDvorak – Konecny – Martone12:42

    xG 1.48–0.22 (87%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Couturier – Glendening – Grundstrom7:16

    xG 0.63–0.25 (72%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

  3. Tippett – Zegras – Foerster12:47

    xG 0.63–0.28 (69%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  4. Cates – Barkey – Michkov10:21

    xG 0.16–0.51 (24%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYork – Drysdale15:13

    xG 1.40–0.51 (73%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim18:59

    xG 1.11–0.58 (66%)attempts 29–14goals 1–2

  3. Seeler – Andrae9:05

    xG 0.62–0.10 (86%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

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.

PHI 4.1 xGDET 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #771 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 82% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).