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Sat, Oct 12, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI07110114011232
VAN161706052324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:01VANBrock BoeserAssists: Elias Pettersson, Chris Tanev · Snap, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:14PHICarsen TwarynskiAssists: Justin Braun, Travis Sanheim · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:27VANTanner PearsonAssists: Chris Tanev, Josh Leivo · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:58PHIOskar LindblomPPAssists: Travis Konecny, Matt Niskanen · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
  2. 2. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  3. 3. VAN Elias Pettersson scored
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  5. 5. VAN Tanner Pearson scored
  6. 6. PHI Kevin Hayes stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:05VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:42PHICarsen Twarynski: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 0:50VANJake Virtanen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 13:55VANJordie Benn: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. OT 3:47PHISean Couturier: Throwing equipment2 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 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIVAN
32Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals2.7
62Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits22
17Blocked shots19
4Giveaways13
10Takeaways7

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 – van Riemsdyk – Hayes7:29

    xG 0.63–0.20 (76%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Twarynski6:22

    xG 0.15–0.03 (82%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Laughton – Twarynski2:34

    xG 0.10–0.06 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Hayes6:19

    xG 0.31–0.39 (44%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Sanheim12:55

    xG 0.50–0.30 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg9:47

    xG 0.60–0.42 (59%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov2:07

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Pettersson14:18

    xG 0.60–0.31 (66%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  2. Beagle – Schaller – Virtanen7:22

    xG 0.21–0.09 (70%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Ferland – Gaudette7:52

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Leivo – Pearson – Horvat12:26

    xG 0.70–0.85 (45%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hughes11:30

    xG 0.72–0.19 (79%)attempts 7–11goals 2–1

  2. Myers – Hughes2:12

    xG 0.24–0.04 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Stecher3:10

    xG 0.03–0.04 (43%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGPHI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #465 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 51% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

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

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