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Mon, Jan 19, 2026·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Vegas Golden Knights 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 71% of the time.

VGK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI140617217
VGK0111707125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:46PHITravis KonecnyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:28VGKTomas HertlPPAssists: Jack Eichel, Mark Stone · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:22PHITravis KonecnySHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:28PHIChristian Dvorak: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:19VGKAdin Hill: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:50PHIDenver Barkey: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 19:41PHIMatvei Michkov: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 18:03PHINoah Cates: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:09PHITravis Sanheim: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 8:13VGKTanner Laczynski: Holding2 min
  8. P3 13:29PHIJamie Drysdale: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 18:27PHIOwen Tippett: Delaying game puck over glass2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VGK
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIVGK
17Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals3.2
49Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won15
2Power plays7
14Penalty minutes4
15Hits23
17Blocked shots11
18Giveaways13
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. bestCouturier – Tippett – Barkey8:34

    xG 0.52–0.06 (90%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Konecny – Zegras7:53

    xG 0.50–0.23 (69%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Hathaway – Pederson – Grundstrom6:09

    xG 0.08–0.10 (44%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Cates – Brink – Michkov7:00

    xG 0.11–0.21 (34%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York11:27

    xG 0.48–0.16 (75%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Juulsen10:46

    xG 0.35–0.27 (57%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Andrae – Drysdale12:19

    xG 0.19–0.84 (19%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestLaczynski – Reinhardt – Holtz6:40

    xG 0.57–0.07 (89%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Marner – Dorofeyev5:50

    xG 0.61–0.25 (71%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Barbashev – Laczynski – Bowman2:05

    xG 0.15–0.00 (98%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Kolesar – Bowman4:55

    xG 0.00–0.14 (3%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTheodore – Lauzon12:59

    xG 0.65–0.50 (57%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Korczak13:07

    xG 0.27–0.42 (39%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  3. Hutton – Megna8:47

    xG 0.26–0.45 (36%)attempts 5–7goals 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.

VGK 3.2 xGPHI 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VGK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VGK is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #872 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 71% of the time.

VGK winsPHI wins

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

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