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Tue, Nov 21, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Vancouver Canucks 5, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 76% of the time.

PHI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN29216111536
PHI11601616238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:00PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Travis Konecny, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:42VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Jake Virtanen · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:01VANBrock BoeserAssists: Derrick Pouliot, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:56VANBrock BoeserPPGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Snap, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:40VANSven BaertschiPPAssists: Loui Eriksson, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.32 xG4–1
  6. P3 9:56PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, Travis Sanheim · Slap, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:39VANLoui ErikssonENAssists: Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.74 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:23VANSam Gagner: Holding2 min
  2. P2 1:20PHITravis Sanheim: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:37VANSven Baertschi: Holding2 min
  4. P2 12:41PHIBrandon Manning: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:37PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANPHI
36Shots on goal38
4.1Expected goals2.4
54Shot attempts79
28Faceoffs won43
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits21
27Blocked shots11
10Giveaways15
4Takeaways3

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. bestVanek – Eriksson – Granlund9:14

    xG 0.71–0.32 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen9:13

    xG 0.29–0.16 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Sutter – Gaunce10:08

    xG 0.22–0.27 (45%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

  4. Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser13:13

    xG 0.26–0.66 (28%)attempts 9–26goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Hutton17:57

    xG 1.03–0.51 (67%)attempts 21–25goals 0–1

  2. Edler – Pouliot14:03

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Biega – Pouliot2:08

    xG 0.04–0.19 (17%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Raffl – Konecny5:47

    xG 0.45–0.14 (76%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Filppula – Lehtera – Konecny3:14

    xG 0.17–0.02 (91%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Weal – Laughton – Leier2:01

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier14:35

    xG 0.60–0.54 (52%)attempts 26–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHagg – Provorov13:59

    xG 0.53–0.38 (58%)attempts 25–13goals 1–1

  2. Sanheim – Provorov2:34

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Hagg2:07

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

PHI 2.4 xGVAN 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #598 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 76% of the time.

PHI winsVAN wins

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

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