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Sat, Feb 18, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Vancouver Canucks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI110112015237
VAN1112438623

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:24VANAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Luke Schenn, Elias Pettersson · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:56PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Justin Braun, Patrick Brown · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:53VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Luke Schenn, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:35VANAnthony BeauvillierPPGWGAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:28PHIMorgan FrostPPAssists: Travis Konecny, Rasmus Ristolainen · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:04VANPhillip Di GiuseppeAssists: Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:03VANElias PetterssonENAssists: J.T. Miller, Luke Schenn · Backhand, 0.39 xG2–5
  8. P3 19:19VANElias PetterssonENAssists: J.T. Miller, Ethan Bear · Wrist, 0.59 xG2–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 13:31PHITravis Konecny: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 17:16VANLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:56PHIIvan Provorov: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 17:38VANPhillip Di Giuseppe: High sticking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cates won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIVAN
37Shots on goal23
3.5Expected goals3.1
78Shot attempts39
25Faceoffs won38
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits31
10Blocked shots24
8Giveaways6
3Takeaways7

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. bestHayes – Laughton – Tippett7:31

    xG 0.83–0.16 (84%)attempts 21–2goals 0–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Konecny – Frost6:20

    xG 0.35–0.19 (65%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Allison – Frost2:01

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Laughton – Konecny3:02

    xG 0.24–0.14 (64%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – DeAngelo11:21

    xG 0.48–0.03 (94%)attempts 17–1goals 0–0

  2. DeAngelo – Provorov3:44

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov12:22

    xG 0.54–0.44 (55%)attempts 13–5goals 0–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko14:49

    xG 0.78–0.58 (57%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser10:50

    xG 0.67–0.52 (56%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

  3. Joshua – Garland – Aman2:08

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Garland – Studnicka – Podkolzin7:48

    xG 0.23–0.40 (36%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Wolanin14:52

    xG 1.12–0.49 (70%)attempts 11–17goals 3–0

  2. Myers – Stillman16:12

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Bear – Hughes17:19

    xG 0.18–1.10 (14%)attempts 7–24goals 0–1

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.

VAN 3.1 xGPHI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #693 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 56% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).