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

Vancouver Canucks 0, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 94% of the time.

PHI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01103012026
PHI210022010242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:45PHIEgor ZamulaGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:23PHISean CouturierUnassisted · Snap, 0.35 xG0–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 7:51PHIGarnet Hathaway: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:23VANNoah Juulsen: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  3. P2 10:04VANTyler Myers: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 15:54VANPius Suter: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 1:07VANTyler Myers: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 5:16VANNoah Juulsen: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 5:16PHIMarc Staal: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 5:56VANSam Lafferty: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 5:56PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 5:56VANSam Lafferty: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 5:56PHITravis Konecny: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 7:48VANIan Cole: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 13:49PHIJoel Farabee: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 17:50PHIScott Laughton: Slashing2 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 20:00Poehling won the faceoff against Lafferty
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANPHI
26Shots on goal42
1.8Expected goals5.5
57Shot attempts60
24Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
22Penalty minutes20
21Hits15
11Blocked shots15
7Giveaways11
2Takeaways5

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. bestJoshua – Beauvillier – Suter4:52

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:10

    xG 0.33–0.36 (47%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Lafferty – Studnicka – Hoglander3:39

    xG 0.01–0.45 (3%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Garland – Pettersson – Kuzmenko5:55

    xG 0.30–0.96 (24%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Cole – Soucy2:59

    xG 0.06–0.20 (22%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Soucy – Juulsen5:58

    xG 0.17–0.74 (18%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Hronek – Hughes14:00

    xG 0.43–1.15 (27%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Couturier – Tippett9:52

    xG 1.66–0.26 (86%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Cates – Farabee – Brink7:07

    xG 0.75–0.14 (84%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Poehling7:35

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Konecny – Foerster6:42

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Walker11:35

    xG 1.29–0.34 (79%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York13:35

    xG 1.07–0.46 (70%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Zamula11:54

    xG 0.31–0.42 (43%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

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 5.5 xGVAN 1.8 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1310 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 94% 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).