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Fri, Dec 31, 2010·Honda Center, Anaheim

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI011110116237
ANA1729211527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:10ANAJason BlakeAssists: Toni Lydman, Jonas Hiller · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:58ANALubomir VisnovskyAssists: Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:58ANAJason BlakePPGWGAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Saku Koivu · Wrist, 0.37 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:15PHIAndreas NodlAssists: Matt Carle, Jeff Carter · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:30PHIJeff CarterUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:40ANABobby RyanAssists: Toni Lydman, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:50ANALubomir VisnovskyAssists: Teemu Selanne, Brandon McMillan · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:29PHIDaniel Carcillo: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 12:29ANAKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:43ANAJoffrey Lupul: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:48PHINikolay Zherdev: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:05ANAMatt Beleskey: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:30PHIScott Hartnell: Boarding2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Ryan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIANA
37Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals2.7
65Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
18Hits17
12Blocked shots14
7Giveaways9
3Takeaways3

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. bestHartnell – Zherdev – Giroux6:30

    xG 0.24–0.04 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Betts – Carcillo – Powe6:34

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Hartnell – Giroux6:03

    xG 0.32–0.34 (48%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Richards – Powe – van Riemsdyk2:37

    xG 0.04–0.07 (36%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Meszaros16:46

    xG 1.10–0.50 (69%)attempts 24–11goals 2–1

  2. O'Donnell – Bartulis9:59

    xG 0.51–0.13 (80%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  3. O'Donnell – Coburn2:02

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchant – Lupul – McMillan11:39

    xG 0.60–0.35 (63%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Blake13:20

    xG 0.86–0.61 (58%)attempts 17–11goals 2–0

  3. Parros – Chipchura – Bonino4:41

    xG 0.11–0.05 (68%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Ryan – Beleskey10:22

    xG 0.30–0.52 (37%)attempts 7–12goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky16:32

    xG 1.33–1.00 (57%)attempts 23–20goals 4–1

  2. Sutton – Sbisa11:10

    xG 0.54–0.28 (66%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  3. Lilja – Fowler19:25

    xG 0.25–0.87 (22%)attempts 9–20goals 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.

ANA 2.7 xGPHI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #361 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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