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Sat, Dec 28, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 85% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0711226325
ANA010112011133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:03PHINoah CatesAssists: Bobby Brink, Cam York · Snap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:38ANATroy TerryAssists: Radko Gudas, Jackson LaCombe · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:57PHIMorgan FrostGWGAssists: Scott Laughton · Backhand, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:40PHIJoel FarabeeENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.79 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:30ANACutter Gauthier: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:25PHIMatvei Michkov: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 1:45PHIGarnet Hathaway: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:50ANATroy Terry: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:07ANARadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  6. P2 15:55PHITyson Foerster: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 13:38ANADrew Helleson: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 15:30PHIJoel Farabee: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 18:57ANAFrank Vatrano: Roughing2 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
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIANA
25Shots on goal33
5.2Expected goals2.6
60Shot attempts65
31Faceoffs won25
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
15Hits18
16Blocked shots16
18Giveaways19
5Takeaways4

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. bestCates – Brink – Foerster10:56

    xG 0.91–0.32 (74%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  2. Couturier – Konecny – Tippett5:14

    xG 0.41–0.19 (69%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Hathaway – Poehling – Farabee4:44

    xG 0.18–0.11 (63%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Frost – Farabee2:30

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York12:48

    xG 1.03–0.41 (72%)attempts 14–14goals 2–1

  2. Ristolainen – Zamula12:33

    xG 0.62–0.34 (64%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Drysdale11:23

    xG 0.11–0.26 (28%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestFabbri – McTavish – Gauthier11:06

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Vatrano – Terry10:31

    xG 0.36–0.60 (37%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Johnston – Harkins – Lundeström6:17

    xG 0.02–0.32 (6%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Leason – Carlsson8:33

    xG 0.27–0.58 (32%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Helleson11:15

    xG 0.65–0.34 (66%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – LaCombe12:20

    xG 0.09–0.26 (26%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Zellweger13:28

    xG 0.38–0.74 (34%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

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.

ANA 2.6 xGPHI 5.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 40/100 · #780 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 85% 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).