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Thu, Oct 20, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Anaheim Ducks 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA191819326
PHI062808222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:24ANAChris WagnerAssists: Jared Boll, Sami Vatanen · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:52PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:26PHIMatt ReadAssists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Steve Mason · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:42ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Antoine Vermette · Slap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:34ANARyan GarbuttGWGAssists: Korbinian Holzer, Nick Sorensen · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:56ANAJosh Manson: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 8:01PHIJakub Voracek: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:22ANAJakob Silfverberg: Holding2 min
  4. P2 1:06PHIBrandon Manning: Holding2 min
  5. P2 4:36ANAAntoine Vermette: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  6. P2 5:30ANAClayton Stoner: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 7:47ANARyan Getzlaf: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 12:10ANARyan Getzlaf: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 14:29ANACorey Perry: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 18:24PHIIvan Provorov: Cross checking2 min
  11. P2 18:24ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 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
44% to win56% to win
← ANA attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAPHI
26Shots on goal22
2.9Expected goals1.3
46Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won18
2Power plays7
16Penalty minutes6
28Hits22
18Blocked shots16
9Giveaways7
6Takeaways2

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. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ritchie9:57

    xG 0.54–0.03 (95%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Garbutt – Sorensen4:43

    xG 0.45–0.14 (77%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg11:21

    xG 0.47–0.22 (68%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Boll – Etem – Wagner4:40

    xG 0.10–0.04 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Holzer7:42

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 7–5goals 2–0

  2. Fowler – Manson11:23

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Stoner – Vatanen12:12

    xG 0.37–0.24 (60%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Gordon – VandeVelde – Cousins4:10

    xG 0.04–0.01 (79%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Simmonds – Schenn10:56

    xG 0.10–0.41 (19%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  3. Weise – Read – Bellemare7:19

    xG 0.10–0.45 (17%)attempts 4–7goals 1–1

  4. Voracek – Couturier – Konecny7:44

    xG 0.21–0.60 (26%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Manning2:08

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Provorov9:20

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Manning11:38

    xG 0.14–0.29 (32%)attempts 7–12goals 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.

PHI 1.3 xGANA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 57/100 · #488 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 79% of the time.

PHI winsANA wins

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

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