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Tue, Oct 30, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 74% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11011719336
ANA071919225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:07PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:45ANAPontus AbergAssists: Rickard Rakell, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:57PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Claude Giroux, Nolan Patrick · Tip-in, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:48ANAPontus AbergPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Ryan Getzlaf · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:09PHINolan PatrickGWGAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Robert Hagg · Slap, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:28ANAMarcus Pettersson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 3:19PHIDale Weise: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:39ANAJoseph Blandisi: Interference2 min
  4. P2 19:58PHIJori Lehtera: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 2:38ANAJoseph Blandisi: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P3 14:12ANAJakob Silfverberg: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 16:27PHIJordan Weal: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 20:00Weal won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIANA
36Shots on goal25
3.4Expected goals2.0
62Shot attempts67
26Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits17
25Blocked shots16
9Giveaways11
4Takeaways4

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. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny12:22

    xG 0.58–0.13 (82%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick10:19

    xG 0.53–0.14 (80%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  3. Simmonds – Weise – Weal9:30

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Laughton – Aube-Kubel5:13

    xG 0.02–0.14 (13%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHagg – Provorov14:56

    xG 1.01–0.44 (70%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Folin10:34

    xG 0.54–0.14 (79%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – Sanheim9:10

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Henrique – Silfverberg – Lundeström8:21

    xG 0.20–0.38 (34%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  2. Street – Blandisi – Steel7:04

    xG 0.10–0.32 (23%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Gibbons9:05

    xG 0.24–0.48 (34%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  4. Getzlaf – Rakell – Aberg14:22

    xG 0.46–0.77 (37%)attempts 14–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Fowler – Welinski16:54

    xG 0.48–0.51 (48%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Larsson15:48

    xG 0.25–0.73 (25%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

  3. Pettersson – Montour11:45

    xG 0.21–0.80 (21%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

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 2.0 xGPHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 71/100 · #379 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 74% 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).