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Tue, Oct 24, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Anaheim Ducks 6, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 69% of the time.

PHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1631227625
PHI11201318233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:51PHISean CouturierAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:22ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Derek Grant · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:40ANABrandon MontourAssists: Kalle Kossila, Francois Beauchemin · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:03ANANick RitchiePPGWGAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Hampus Lindholm · Backhand, 0.38 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:17ANARickard RakellAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry · Snap, 0.18 xG4–1
  6. P3 3:59ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–1
  7. P3 11:54PHISean CouturierAssists: Travis Sanheim, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.19 xG5–2
  8. P3 15:49ANAOndrej KaseUnassisted · Backhand, 0.35 xG6–2
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 1:57ANANick Ritchie: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  2. P1 3:47PHIIvan Provorov: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:54PHIRadko Gudas: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 14:54ANAKevin Bieksa: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 16:58ANAKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 16:58PHIRadko Gudas: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 6:40PHIWayne Simmonds: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P2 6:40PHIWayne Simmonds: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 6:40ANARyan Getzlaf: Holding2 min
  10. P2 9:06PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P2 14:30ANANick Ritchie: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 18:19ANAAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  13. P2 19:10ANAKevin Bieksa: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 6:55ANARickard Rakell: Slashing2 min
  15. P3 13:32ANAOndrej Kase: Tripping2 min
  16. P3 15:49PHIIvan Provorov: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 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
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAPHI
25Shots on goal33
2.7Expected goals3.8
51Shot attempts57
27Faceoffs won34
3Power plays6
21Penalty minutes15
20Hits21
11Blocked shots19
10Giveaways14
5Takeaways9

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 – Rakell14:21

    xG 0.50–0.24 (67%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Grant – Ritchie – Kase7:21

    xG 0.48–0.37 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Wagner – Shaw – Kossila5:19

    xG 0.09–0.02 (82%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Vermette – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:38

    xG 0.12–0.39 (23%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Montour11:46

    xG 0.33–0.32 (50%)attempts 10–6goals 2–1

  2. Manson – Lindholm12:17

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Bieksa – Megna13:05

    xG 0.35–0.59 (37%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Couturier11:23

    xG 0.78–0.13 (85%)attempts 11–9goals 2–1

  2. Weise – Laughton – Raffl6:03

    xG 0.12–0.09 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Simmonds – Weal7:17

    xG 0.32–0.29 (53%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  4. Lehtera – Konecny – Patrick4:11

    xG 0.07–0.37 (16%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Sanheim4:56

    xG 0.24–0.11 (69%)attempts 5–3goals 1–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov2:17

    xG 0.17–0.09 (67%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas7:12

    xG 0.10–0.12 (45%)attempts 7–5goals 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 3.8 xGANA 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #712 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 69% 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).