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Sun, Dec 29, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Anaheim Ducks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI190140814235
ANA180501302128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:35ANAErik GudbransonAssists: Adam Henrique · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:45PHISean CouturierAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:53PHIKevin HayesGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:45ANAJosh Manson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 4:56PHINicolas Aube-Kubel: Interference2 min
  3. P1 18:06PHIMikhail Vorobyev: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 16:19ANAOndrej Kase: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:06PHIMikhail Vorobyev: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:56PHIMatt Niskanen: Boarding2 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 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIANA
35Shots on goal28
4.1Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts54
36Faceoffs won23
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
18Hits17
12Blocked shots12
11Giveaways10
7Takeaways9

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 – Voracek – Couturier13:46

    xG 1.01–0.31 (76%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  2. Andreoff – Raffl – Aube-Kubel6:44

    xG 0.57–0.02 (97%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Konecny10:43

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  4. Pitlick – Vorobyev – Farabee10:23

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Sanheim13:04

    xG 0.92–0.25 (79%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg12:48

    xG 0.76–0.34 (69%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  3. Niskanen – Provorov18:09

    xG 0.28–0.62 (31%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKase – Steel – Jones14:08

    xG 0.39–0.22 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Deslauriers – Shore – Rowney8:02

    xG 0.48–0.62 (44%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Comtois – Lundeström8:18

    xG 0.09–0.36 (21%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Henrique – Carrick9:16

    xG 0.40–0.67 (37%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Holzer – Larsson11:56

    xG 0.47–0.48 (49%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm15:40

    xG 0.59–0.80 (42%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  3. Holzer – Fowler2:08

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 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.

ANA 2.8 xGPHI 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 20/100 · #896 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +14 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 70% 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).