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2017-12-20 · Wells Fargo Center

3 – 4Final

PHI beat DET 4–3. Expected goals were close to even (DET 2.7, PHI 2.5), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Sean Couturier scored at 5:57 of the third, moving PHI’s win probability from 52% to 80%. Jimmy Howard allowed 1.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 31
Expected goals
2.7 – 2.5
xG share
DET 52%
Home-ice start
PHI 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

DET goalPHI goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

DETPHI

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

PHI
Wayne Simmonds
1 G, 1 A · 19:52 TOI
On-ice +0.42 · Finishing +0.75
+1.15
PHI
Dale Weise
1 G, 0 A · 10:56 TOI
Finishing +0.90
+0.93
PHI
Robert Hagg
1 G, 0 A · 19:08 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +0.83
+0.90

Rough nights

DET
Jimmy Howard
57:54 TOI
GSAx −1.48
−1.48
PHI
Michael Raffl
0 G, 0 A · 18:50 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.23
−0.43
DET
Andreas Athanasiou
0 G, 1 A · 15:42 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing −0.24
−0.34

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalDET–PHIWin prob.
P1 15:19 PHIDale Weise
from Radko Gudas, Nolan Patrick
0–153% → 71%
P1 19:58 DETMartin FrkPP
from Dylan Larkin, Mike Green
1–129% → 47%
P2 5:50 DETMike GreenPP
from Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou
2–148% → 67%
P2 10:48 PHIWayne SimmondsPP
from Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux
2–232% → 53%
P2 11:29 DETGustav Nyquist
from Henrik Zetterberg, Anthony Mantha
3–247% → 69%
P2 13:40 PHIRobert Hagg
from Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere
3–330% → 53%
P3 5:57 PHISean Couturier
from Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux
3–452% → 80%

Every player

Show both lineups

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Gustav Nyquist R17:261+0.77+0.11+0.66+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Green D22:2511+0.59−0.09+0.71−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Martin Frk R12:091+0.55−0.21+0.78−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Niklas Kronwall D19:31+0.11+0.15+0.01−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Luke Glendening C2:58−0.02−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Frans Nielsen C14:17−0.12−0.04−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.05
Henrik Zetterberg C21:071−0.15+0.09−0.24+0.02+0.01+0.00−0.03
Danny DeKeyser D18:46−0.17−0.18+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Ericsson D17:05−0.20−0.01+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.18+0.00
Nick Jensen D14:43−0.21−0.04−0.19+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tomas Tatar L18:32−0.21−0.06−0.16+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Darren Helm C14:53−0.23−0.11−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Justin Abdelkader L18:53−0.27−0.10−0.18−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Dylan Larkin C22:482−0.28−0.22−0.25+0.01−0.03+0.18+0.02
Trevor Daley D21:39−0.29−0.31+0.01+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Booth L7:16−0.31−0.30−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Mantha R19:111−0.31+0.16−0.47+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Andreas Athanasiou C15:421−0.34−0.07−0.24−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jimmy Howard G57:54−1.48

PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Wayne Simmonds R19:5211+1.15+0.42+0.75−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dale Weise R10:561+0.93+0.03+0.90−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Robert Hagg D19:081+0.90+0.05+0.83+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Sanheim D17:32+0.10+0.10+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Provorov D23:36+0.08+0.10−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Radko Gudas D19:031+0.08+0.09−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Couturier C21:581+0.07+0.40−0.31+0.04−0.00+0.00−0.06
Andrew MacDonald D23:15+0.05+0.07−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Claude Giroux R17:553+0.02+0.34−0.22+0.03−0.00−0.18+0.05
Jori Lehtera C7:33−0.02−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shayne Gostisbehere D16:411−0.03+0.08−0.10+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nolan Patrick C10:561−0.05+0.04−0.15−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.06
Travis Konecny R9:00−0.05−0.22−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.18+0.00
Jakub Voracek R18:411−0.10+0.01−0.14+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Valtteri Filppula C18:27−0.13−0.20−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.08
Scott Laughton C9:29−0.14−0.04−0.04−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.05
Jordan Weal C11:10−0.17+0.06−0.24−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Michael Raffl L18:50−0.43−0.18−0.23−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Brian Elliott G60:00−0.21

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.