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Wed, Mar 18, 2026·Honda Center, Anaheim

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 76% of the time.

ANA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI114190411328
ANA0911511101236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:51PHILuke GlendeningAssists: Cam York, Garnet Hathaway · Snap, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:53PHIOwen TippettAssists: Travis Sanheim · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:22ANACutter GauthierPPAssists: Pavel Mintyukov · Backhand, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:06ANALeo CarlssonAssists: Troy Terry, Cutter Gauthier · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:17PHINoah CatesGWGAssists: Matvei Michkov · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 8:58ANATim Washe: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 10:52ANAJohn Carlson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:03PHICam York: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:59ANAPavel Mintyukov: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 17:59PHIMatvei Michkov: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 1:12PHIChristian Dvorak: Holding2 min
  7. P2 4:06PHITravis Konecny: Holding2 min
  8. P2 13:49ANACutter Gauthier: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 17:21ANAJeffrey Viel: Cross checking2 min
  10. P2 18:06PHIMatvei Michkov: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  11. P3 6:16ANAJansen Harkins: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 6:16PHINick Seeler: Fighting5 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
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Poehling won the faceoff against Zegras
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIANA
28Shots on goal36
5.0Expected goals3.1
64Shot attempts72
28Faceoffs won22
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
19Hits20
20Blocked shots11
20Giveaways12
7Takeaways2

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 – Glendening – Hathaway8:38

    xG 0.74–0.13 (85%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Tippett – Zegras – Grebenkin6:58

    xG 0.57–0.41 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Cates – Barkey – Michkov5:40

    xG 0.10–0.09 (52%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Konecny – Bump7:44

    xG 0.22–0.51 (30%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Ristolainen2:17

    xG 0.41–0.07 (85%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York3:35

    xG 0.17–0.06 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Andrae8:29

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Terry – Carlsson10:07

    xG 0.47–0.35 (58%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Granlund – Sennecke10:01

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Viel – Poehling – Gauthier10:10

    xG 0.69–0.77 (47%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Vatrano – Harkins – Washe3:11

    xG 0.07–0.30 (19%)attempts 5–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Carlson – Mintyukov3:59

    xG 0.17–0.13 (56%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Carlson – LaCombe3:47

    xG 0.06–0.03 (67%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Carlson – Zellweger7:19

    xG 0.52–0.54 (49%)attempts 13–7goals 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.

ANA 3.1 xGPHI 5.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 75/100 · #389 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 76% 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).