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Thu, Oct 21, 2010·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Anaheim Ducks 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 80% of the time.

PHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA270718322
PHI114118010242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:35ANALubomir VisnovskyAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:16PHIScott HartnellAssists: Ville Leino, Andrej Meszaros · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:52ANAJason BlakeAssists: Teemu Selanne, Andreas Lilja · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:50PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Matt Carle, Braydon Coburn · Backhand, 0.41 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:14ANARyan GetzlafGWGAssists: Matt Beleskey, Corey Perry · Deflected, 0.19 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:23ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:23PHIJody Shelley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:08ANALubomir Visnovsky: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 13:42PHIScott Hartnell: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P1 14:31ANARyan Getzlaf: Interference2 min
  6. P1 18:38ANAToni Lydman: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 6:02PHIMike Richards: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 10:42ANATodd Marchant: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 16:04ANAAndreas Lilja: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 3:54PHIJeff Carter: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 7:39PHIScott Hartnell: Interference2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAPHI
22Shots on goal42
2.1Expected goals4.1
40Shot attempts89
37Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
11Hits13
28Blocked shots8
11Giveaways9
4Takeaways12

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchant – Parros – Bodie2:22

    xG 0.60–0.32 (65%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Carter – Sexton8:05

    xG 0.17–0.09 (66%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey11:51

    xG 0.89–1.11 (44%)attempts 12–15goals 2–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Blake8:51

    xG 0.16–0.82 (16%)attempts 4–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Lydman – Visnovsky16:12

    xG 0.39–0.47 (46%)attempts 11–21goals 1–1

  2. Mara – Lilja10:45

    xG 0.48–0.67 (41%)attempts 8–22goals 2–0

  3. Brookbank – Syvret7:43

    xG 0.86–1.29 (40%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrière – Hartnell – Leino10:04

    xG 0.57–0.22 (72%)attempts 21–8goals 1–0

  2. Zherdev – Giroux – van Riemsdyk2:04

    xG 0.08–0.08 (51%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Shelley – Betts – Powe2:05

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Nodl – van Riemsdyk7:17

    xG 0.70–0.80 (47%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Carle3:22

    xG 1.55–0.08 (95%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. O'Donnell – Meszaros8:07

    xG 0.20–0.06 (77%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Pronger – Timonen3:40

    xG 0.11–0.18 (37%)attempts 5–3goals 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 xGANA 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #494 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 80% of the time.

PHI winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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