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Mon, Nov 2, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 87% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01111007128
VAN110113211434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:08VANJannik HansenAssists: Bo Horvat, Sven Baertschi · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:54PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Nick Schultz · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:10VANBo HorvatGWGAssists: Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:28VANJake VirtanenAssists: Ben Hutton, Ryan Miller · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:06VANMatt BartkowskiENAssists: Radim Vrbata, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.76 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:29VANJake Virtanen: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 4:23PHISam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:01VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:01PHIClaude Giroux: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 19:50VANRadim Vrbata: Tripping2 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 win54% to win
← PHI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIVAN
28Shots on goal34
1.5Expected goals3.7
49Shot attempts47
47Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
28Hits21
6Blocked shots15
3Giveaways11
5Takeaways11

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl12:55

    xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – VandeVelde – White8:02

    xG 0.00–0.26 (1%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Read – Laughton10:53

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

  4. Lecavalier – Gagner – Schenn10:37

    xG 0.38–0.78 (33%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Schenn12:43

    xG 0.24–0.30 (45%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  2. Manning – Gudas15:09

    xG 0.53–0.76 (41%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  3. Streit – Del Zotto17:29

    xG 0.44–0.70 (38%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Sutter – Virtanen9:59

    xG 0.49–0.15 (76%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Cracknell – Dorsett – McCann10:55

    xG 0.24–0.14 (64%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata11:47

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Hansen – Baertschi – Horvat10:31

    xG 0.28–0.37 (43%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev18:31

    xG 0.77–0.32 (71%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bartkowski14:07

    xG 0.63–0.32 (66%)attempts 10–10goals 2–1

  3. Weber – Hutton14:48

    xG 0.37–0.48 (44%)attempts 8–12goals 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.

VAN 3.7 xGPHI 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #894 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 87% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

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

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