Ottawa Senators at Philadelphia Flyers
Recap
written from the game dataThe Ottawa Senators beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3. The Senators came back from two goals down. The Flyers led 3-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Matt Duchene's goal at 17:01 of the third period, which took the Senators' chances from 48% to 92%. Expected goals favored the Flyers, 2.6 to 1.7; shots on goal were OTT 24, PHI 37. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Flyers win a replay of these chances 68% of the time. Mike McKenna stopped 34 of 37 (.919); Anthony Stolarz stopped 20 of 24 (.833), 2.3 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Brady Tkachuk (2 G, 1 A), 2. Matt Duchene (1 G), 3. Claude Giroux (1 A).
Three stars
- ★B. Tkachuk2 G, 1 A

- ★★M. Duchene1 G

- ★★★C. Giroux1 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
7 goals1st period
0-14:23
1-15:51
2nd period
1-23:22
1-36:00
3rd period
2-311:32
3-313:26
4-317:01
Penalties
1st
- 5:13
Dale Weise · Fightingdrawn by Ben Harpur5 min
- 5:13
Ben Harpur · Fightingdrawn by Dale Weise5 min
- 6:59
Robert Hagg · Interferencedrawn by Colin White2 min
- 13:37
Jordan Weal · Cross checkingdrawn by Dylan DeMelo2 min
2nd
- 17:29
James van Riemsdyk · Trippingdrawn by Drake Batherson2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Matt Duchene, 3rd 17:01 — 48% → 92%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 1.74 G
- All situations
- 3 G2.6
- 1.64 G
- Even strength
- 3 G2.2
- 0.10 G
- Power play
- 0 G0.2
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.2
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 84 unblocked attempts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 1.66 – 2.61
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 24
- Shots on goal
- 37
- 45%
- Faceoffs
- 55%
- 0/3
- Power play
- 0/0
- 5
- Penalty minutes
- 11
- 18
- Hits
- 19
- 14
- Blocked shots
- 13
- 5
- Giveaways
- 7
- 9
- Takeaways
- 1
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
