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Tue, Dec 30, 2025·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Philadelphia Flyers 6, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 74% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1521939633
VAN11009216335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45VANDavid KampfAssists: Drew O'Connor, Marcus Pettersson · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:02PHINoah CatesAssists: Matvei Michkov, Bobby Brink · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:40PHICarl GrundstromAssists: Nikita Grebenkin, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:20PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Trevor Zegras · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:08VANDrew O'ConnorAssists: David Kampf · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:34PHIBobby BrinkGWGAssists: Matvei Michkov, Noah Cates · Deflected, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:19PHIOwen TippettENAssists: Rodrigo Abols, Rasmus Ristolainen · Wrist, 0.61 xG5–2
  8. P3 18:16VANTom WillanderUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:23PHIChristian DvorakENAssists: Trevor Zegras, Travis Konecny · Poke, 0.71 xG6–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:44VANEvander Kane: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:44PHINick Seeler: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:14PHIBobby Brink: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 15:25PHITravis Konecny: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 15:25VANFilip Hronek: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 7:19PHITravis Sanheim: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:01VANMarcus Pettersson: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 18:29PHIJamie Drysdale: Interference2 min
  9. P3 15:32PHICarl Grundstrom: Holding2 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
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kampf won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIVAN
33Shots on goal35
4.4Expected goals2.9
65Shot attempts72
32Faceoffs won25
1Power plays4
15Penalty minutes9
26Hits29
15Blocked shots16
17Giveaways19
3Takeaways5

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 – Michkov8:03

    xG 0.62–0.32 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  2. Couturier – Tippett – Barkey8:57

    xG 0.59–0.44 (58%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Abols – Grundstrom – Grebenkin8:28

    xG 0.38–0.39 (49%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  4. Dvorak – Konecny – Zegras12:13

    xG 0.49–0.77 (39%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York8:47

    xG 0.67–0.06 (92%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. Andrae – Drysdale12:18

    xG 1.09–0.78 (58%)attempts 21–19goals 2–0

  3. Ristolainen – York3:09

    xG 0.08–0.09 (48%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKampf – Sherwood – O'Connor10:55

    xG 1.08–0.42 (72%)attempts 18–10goals 3–0

  2. DeBrusk – Karlsson – Sasson7:20

    xG 0.26–0.06 (80%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Kane – DeBrusk – Pettersson2:51

    xG 0.22–0.08 (73%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Karlsson – Ohgren – Sasson4:15

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – Hronek6:25

    xG 0.63–0.04 (94%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Joseph4:02

    xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Willander2:04

    xG 0.22–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

VAN 2.9 xGPHI 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 75/100 · #390 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 74% of the time.

VAN winsPHI wins

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

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