Philadelphia Flyers at Minnesota Wild
Recap
written from the game dataThe Minnesota Wild beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1. The Wild scored first and never trailed. The Wild led 2-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Matt Boldy's goal at 15:21 of the second period, which took the Wild's chances from 73% to 88%. Expected goals favored the Wild, 1.8 to 1.4; shots on goal were PHI 22, MIN 22. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Flyers win a replay of these chances 54% of the time. Samuel Ersson stopped 18 of 21 (.857), 1.7 goals below expected; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 21 of 22 (.955). Three stars: 1. Brock Faber (1 A), 2. Marcus Foligno (1 A), 3. Marc-Andre Fleury (21 saves, .955).
Three stars
- ★B. Faber1 A

- ★★M. Foligno1 A

- ★★★M. Fleury21 saves, .955

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
5 goals1st period
0-114:18
2nd period
0-215:21
3rd period
0-39:34
1-314:18
1-417:50
Penalties
1st
- 1:27
Garnet Hathaway · Trippingdrawn by Mats Zuccarello2 min
- 2:29
Jared Spurgeon · Hookingdrawn by Scott Laughton2 min
- 11:37
Garnet Hathaway · Fightingdrawn by Marcus Foligno5 min
- 11:37
Marcus Foligno · Fightingdrawn by Garnet Hathaway5 min
- 17:41
Jon Merrill · High stickingdrawn by Scott Laughton2 min
2nd
- 7:09
Matt Boldy · Hookingdrawn by Noah Cates2 min
- 13:44
Marcus Foligno · Roughingdrawn by Travis Sanheim2 min
- 13:44
Travis Sanheim · Roughingdrawn by Marcus Foligno2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Matt Boldy, 2nd 15:21 — 73% → 88%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 1.41 G
- All situations
- 3 G1.8
- 0.91 G
- Even strength
- 3 G1.2
- 0.60 G
- Power play
- 0 G0.0
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.1
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 65 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 1.45 – 1.27
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
- 22
- Shots on goal
- 22
- 57%
- Faceoffs
- 43%
- 0/3
- Power play
- 0/1
- 9
- Penalty minutes
- 13
- 17
- Hits
- 18
- 11
- Blocked shots
- 16
- 15
- Giveaways
- 15
- 6
- Takeaways
- 5
Box score
every player line
Season series
Tied 1-1
5@
7Final
1@
4this game
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
