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Thu, Jan 12, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Vancouver Canucks 4, Philadelphia Flyers 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN113311010040438
PHI18212114011535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:21VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Troy Stecher, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:30PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Dale Weise, Sean Couturier · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:51VANMarkus GranlundAssists: Chris Tanev, Bo Horvat · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:21PHIPierre-Edouard BellemareAssists: Matt Read · Slap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:39PHISean CouturierAssists: Jakub Voracek, Nick Cousins · Snap, 0.22 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:01VANMarkus GranlundAssists: Jayson Megna, Brandon Sutter · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:46VANBrandon SutterAssists: Jayson Megna, Troy Stecher · Snap, 0.17 xG4–3
  8. P3 0:57PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.19 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Nick Cousins stopped
  2. 2. VAN Markus Granlund stopped
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  4. 4. VAN Bo Horvat stopped
  5. 5. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  6. 6. VAN Loui Eriksson stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:31PHIBrandon Manning: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:41PHIMichael Del Zotto: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 13:01VANNikita Tryamkin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:33PHIBrandon Manning: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 19:51PHIMichael Del Zotto: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 7:16VANLoui Eriksson: Interference2 min
  7. P2 17:02PHIBrayden Schenn: Interference2 min
  8. P2 19:56VANMichael Chaput: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 8:50VANNikita Tryamkin: Holding2 min
  10. P3 14:01PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
44% to win56% to win
← VAN attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANPHI
38Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals4.0
72Shot attempts57
38Faceoffs won37
8Power plays4
8Penalty minutes16
23Hits37
6Blocked shots18
5Giveaways15
4Takeaways6

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSutter – Granlund – Megna6:56

    xG 0.69–0.21 (76%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson8:16

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Skille – Chaput – Gaunce7:10

    xG 0.12–0.15 (45%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Baertschi – Horvat8:56

    xG 0.38–0.49 (44%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Tanev11:06

    xG 0.57–0.18 (77%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Stecher14:37

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  3. Biega – Tryamkin9:53

    xG 0.39–0.72 (35%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Cousins – Couturier9:01

    xG 0.57–0.15 (79%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. VandeVelde – Read – Bellemare3:33

    xG 0.11–0.06 (66%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Raffl – Konecny7:28

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Weise – Schenn7:52

    xG 0.20–0.69 (23%)attempts 5–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Manning13:14

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Provorov10:31

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Gostisbehere6:56

    xG 0.35–0.49 (42%)attempts 10–11goals 0–2

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 4.0 xGVAN 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 95/100 · #45 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.66 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsVAN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).