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Sun, Dec 27, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 80% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11111005226
ANA11511428437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:28ANARyan GetzlafPPAssists: Sami Vatanen, Cam Fowler · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:12PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Nick Schultz, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:26PHIMichael RafflPPAssists: Matt Read, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:14ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Patrick Maroon · Slap, 0.48 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:58ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:54ANAShawn HorcoffSHAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Clayton Stoner · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:52PHIBrandon Manning: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 1:52ANAClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 1:52ANAShawn Horcoff: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 4:29PHILuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 4:29ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 4:29PHISteve Mason: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 4:29PHIRyan White: Misconduct10 min
  8. P1 4:29ANAKevin Bieksa: Misconduct10 min
  9. P1 5:01PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 0:31ANASami Vatanen: Holding2 min · PPG
  11. P2 3:07PHIEvgeny Medvedev: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P2 14:41ANACarl Hagelin: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 7:16ANASami Vatanen: Holding2 min
  14. P3 10:19ANACorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 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 win54% to win
← PHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIANA
26Shots on goal37
1.9Expected goals3.7
40Shot attempts59
19Faceoffs won37
5Power plays3
23Penalty minutes27
18Hits27
10Blocked shots9
4Giveaways8
0Takeaways0

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. bestVoracek – Simmonds – Couturier11:32

    xG 0.58–0.22 (73%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  2. Umberger – Read – Laughton6:56

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare7:06

    xG 0.03–0.14 (18%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Schenn – Raffl12:55

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Gudas13:41

    xG 0.51–0.15 (77%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – Medvedev2:10

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Medvedev14:30

    xG 0.31–0.62 (33%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHorcoff – Santorelli – Sekac6:53

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Hagelin – Silfverberg9:39

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Cogliano – Maroon6:56

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell14:58

    xG 0.39–0.77 (34%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm12:46

    xG 0.61–0.09 (87%)attempts 18–4goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Vatanen5:46

    xG 0.16–0.09 (65%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Vatanen – Manson2:39

    xG 0.05–0.01 (78%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.7 xGPHI 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 54/100 · #553 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 80% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

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

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