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Mon, Feb 4, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Vancouver Canucks 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 72% of the time.

PHI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN010114018142
PHI11411204230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:37PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Travis Konecny, Nolan Patrick · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:20PHIJakub VoracekGWGAssists: Phil Varone · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:14VANBrock BoeserUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:10PHINolan Patrick: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:01VANTroy Stecher: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:04VANBo Horvat: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 18:17PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 3:05VANBrock Boeser: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 13:36PHISean 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANPHI
42Shots on goal30
3.4Expected goals2.2
83Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits17
10Blocked shots30
6Giveaways9
7Takeaways8

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. bestHorvat – Goldobin – Boeser2:37

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson2:13

    xG 0.04–0.04 (47%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Schaller – Horvat3:50

    xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Sutter – Roussel – Virtanen5:34

    xG 0.28–0.47 (37%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Stecher17:07

    xG 0.53–0.29 (65%)attempts 24–8goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Pouliot2:40

    xG 0.14–0.03 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Tanev12:44

    xG 0.51–0.42 (55%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Couturier – Lindblom7:20

    xG 0.45–0.07 (87%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Varone – Raffl – Vorobyev5:18

    xG 0.20–0.05 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Laughton – Patrick10:45

    xG 0.19–0.32 (37%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny8:15

    xG 0.08–0.56 (12%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov16:41

    xG 0.57–0.25 (70%)attempts 10–24goals 0–1

  2. MacDonald – Gostisbehere12:58

    xG 0.61–0.34 (64%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  3. Gudas – Hagg12:43

    xG 0.19–0.76 (20%)attempts 10–19goals 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 2.2 xGVAN 3.4 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 18/100 · #1026 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 72% of the time.

PHI winsVAN wins

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

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