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Tue, Dec 28, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Vancouver Canucks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 81% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI08117112237
VAN122314213649

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:46VANManny MalhotraAssists: Christian Ehrhoff, Raffi Torres · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:56VANRyan KeslerAssists: Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:30VANDaniel SedinGWGAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Henrik Sedin · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:29PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Ville Leino · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:21VANRyan KeslerPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Christian Ehrhoff · Deflected, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 0:51VANJannik HansenAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–5
  7. P3 7:47VANJeff TambelliniAssists: Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–6
  8. P3 13:14PHIJeff CarterPPAssists: Daniel Brière, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–6
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 9:45VANManny Malhotra: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:40VANJannik Hansen: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:40PHIDarroll Powe: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 13:22PHIBraydon Coburn: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 17:48PHISean O'Donnell: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 17:48VANAaron Volpatti: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 19:53PHISean O'Donnell: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 19:53VANAaron Volpatti: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 4:25PHIKimmo Timonen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P2 8:30VANAaron Volpatti: Charging2 min
  11. P3 9:56VANKevin Bieksa: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 12:29VANKeith Ballard: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  13. P3 12:29VANTanner Glass: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 12:29PHIJody Shelley: Match penatly 10 minutes10 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIVAN
37Shots on goal49
2.6Expected goals4.8
56Shot attempts79
23Faceoffs won45
4Power plays3
23Penalty minutes19
20Hits25
16Blocked shots11
5Giveaways5
10Takeaways8

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestShelley – Betts – Powe4:38

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Hartnell – Leino10:18

    xG 0.67–0.55 (55%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  3. Richards – Giroux – Nodl10:37

    xG 0.31–0.39 (44%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  4. Zherdev – Carter – van Riemsdyk11:03

    xG 0.31–0.67 (32%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Donnell – Bartulis11:40

    xG 0.64–0.47 (58%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

  2. Carle – Bartulis2:30

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Meszaros10:39

    xG 0.41–0.57 (42%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Tambellini – Hansen9:53

    xG 0.75–0.28 (73%)attempts 16–5goals 2–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows10:59

    xG 0.56–0.26 (68%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Bolduc – Glass – Volpatti6:36

    xG 0.30–0.21 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Malhotra – Samuelsson – Torres10:00

    xG 0.49–0.59 (45%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Edler13:36

    xG 0.83–0.24 (77%)attempts 15–12goals 2–0

  2. Alberts – Ballard12:15

    xG 0.64–0.52 (55%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Bieksa12:32

    xG 0.64–0.65 (50%)attempts 16–9goals 3–0

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.

VAN 4.8 xGPHI 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #687 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 81% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

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

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