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Sat, Oct 7, 2017·Honda Center, Anaheim

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 62% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI1151601511337
ANA113061400223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:19PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Nolan Patrick, Jordan Weal · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:13ANAAntoine VermetteAssists: Ondrej Kase, Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:09PHISean CouturierAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:40ANACam FowlerSHUnassisted · Slap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:44PHIWayne SimmondsGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:18ANAAntoine Vermette: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 10:35ANADennis Rasmussen: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:08PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 16:55PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 16:55ANAKevin Bieksa: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 17:56ANAAndrew Cogliano: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 4:36ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Kneeing2 min
  8. P2 9:48PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 3:14ANAAntoine Vermette: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rakell won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIANA
37Shots on goal23
1.6Expected goals2.2
58Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won28
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
17Hits16
12Blocked shots15
6Giveaways9
1Takeaways2

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. bestLaughton – Leier – Raffl8:15

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier10:06

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Filppula – Simmonds – Weal13:54

    xG 0.25–0.35 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Weise – Konecny – Patrick7:12

    xG 0.11–0.53 (17%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gostisbehere – Hagg14:05

    xG 0.25–0.30 (45%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Sanheim9:56

    xG 0.39–0.53 (42%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Provorov14:57

    xG 0.14–0.46 (24%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestWagner – Shaw – Rasmussen8:26

    xG 0.89–0.17 (84%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Silfverberg – Kase10:29

    xG 0.27–0.07 (80%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Boll – Grant – Fiore5:13

    xG 0.19–0.18 (52%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  4. Perry – Cogliano – Rakell15:52

    xG 0.19–0.45 (30%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Holzer11:57

    xG 1.10–0.18 (86%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  2. Beauchemin – Montour12:54

    xG 0.21–0.35 (38%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Manson18:42

    xG 0.30–0.45 (40%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

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 2.2 xGPHI 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 59/100 · #536 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 62% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

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

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