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Tue, Jan 17, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Anaheim Ducks 2, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 77% of the time.

PHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0419114227
PHI11721329539

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:32PHIKevin HayesPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:39ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: John Klingberg, Trevor Zegras · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:43PHIRasmus RistolainenSHAssists: Scott Laughton, Travis Konecny · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:21PHIMorgan FrostGWGAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Rasmus Ristolainen · Between legs, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:30PHIKevin HayesAssists: Scott Laughton, Wade Allison · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:51ANAFrank VatranoPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Ryan Strome · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:16PHIKevin HayesENAssists: Wade Allison, Cam York · Wrist, 0.52 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:31ANAJakob Silfverberg: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:04ANAMaxime Comtois: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 12:21ANAFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:10PHIZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 18:10ANAMaxime Comtois: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 0:24ANAMason McTavish: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 11:42PHIPatrick Brown: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:48PHITravis Sanheim: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 17:14PHINicolas Deslauriers: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 19:41ANAMax Jones: Elbowing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
49% to win51% to win
← ANA attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cates won the faceoff against McTavish
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAPHI
27Shots on goal39
2.6Expected goals4.3
51Shot attempts68
28Faceoffs won24
3Power plays5
15Penalty minutes11
17Hits25
12Blocked shots10
8Giveaways10
3Takeaways12

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestMegna – Jones – Leason8:08

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Terry – McTavish6:34

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Terry – Jones – McTavish2:17

    xG 0.06–0.06 (48%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Comtois – Zegras8:47

    xG 0.18–0.40 (31%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Klingberg2:13

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Benoit2:22

    xG 0.11–0.00 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Vaakanainen3:50

    xG 0.17–0.10 (64%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestKonecny – Cates – Farabee10:55

    xG 0.82–0.24 (78%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost9:47

    xG 0.48–0.11 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Hayes – Laughton – Allison9:08

    xG 0.64–0.29 (69%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Deslauriers – Brown – MacEwen8:09

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Ristolainen10:39

    xG 1.08–0.27 (80%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Provorov – York13:52

    xG 0.45–0.10 (81%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov2:23

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 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 4.3 xGANA 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 53/100 · #700 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 77% of the time.

PHI winsANA wins

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

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