Philadelphia Flyers vs. Vancouver CanucksOct 28, 2021

FinalThursday, Oct 28, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	2	0	0	2		PHI	15	5	8	28
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	4	16	8	28

: PHI 53VAN 45
: PHI 2.76VAN 3.46
PP goals: PHI 1VAN 0
Hits: PHI 13VAN 41
Blocks: PHI 7VAN 14
PIM: PHI 15VAN 15
: PHI 45%VAN 55%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Philadelphia Flyers edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 at VAN. Sean Couturier (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PHI's first power-play unit (Yandle, Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier and Konecny) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:26 together.

Points
Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:25.Couturier
Points
Claude Giroux had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:10.Giroux
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Yandle, Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier and Konecny) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:26 together.Yandle Giroux van Riemsdyk Couturier Konecny
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 3.46 expected goals (45 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PHI: Thompson–Brown–MacEwen skated 5:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thompson Brown MacEwen
Usage
Brad Hunt (VAN) played 8:46, −6:37 down on his 15:23 season average over 49 games.Hunt
Usage
Conor Garland (VAN) played 10:37, −5:51 down on his 16:28 season average over 76 games.Garland
Usage
Matthew Highmore (VAN) played 9:20, −3:26 down on his 12:46 season average over 45 games.Highmore

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · VAN 45 · PHI 53

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN pressure
PHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 48% of the game, VAN 32%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VAN

PHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PHI	VAN
	48	38
	1.95	2.45
	1.82	2.08
	5	8
	1	2
	8	6
	−0.050	+0.050
	48%	32%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
9:1357% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Lindblom
8:2764% CF
L3Brassard – Atkinson – Farabee
8:2747% CF
L4Thompson – Brown – MacEwen
5:1840% CF
D1Ristolainen – Sanheim
13:0146% CF
D2Braun – Provorov
12:3550% CF
D3Yandle – Seeler
8:3550% CF

PP1Yandle – Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Konecny
3:2691% CF
PP2Brassard – Atkinson – Ristolainen – Provorov – Farabee
2:33100% CF
PK1FThompson – Couturier
2:15
PK2FAtkinson – Farabee
1:11
PK1DBraun – Provorov
3:52
PK2DRistolainen – Sanheim
1:49

Current PHI line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Podkolzin
5:2950% CF
L2Chiasson – Lammikko – Highmore
3:5233% CF
L3Pearson – Horvat – Garland
3:4714% CF
L4Bailey – Pettersson – Hoglander
3:3617% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
11:4947% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
8:3328% CF
D3Hunt – Burroughs
4:5814% CF

PP1Chiasson – Miller – Horvat – Pettersson – Hughes
4:49100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Pearson – Boeser – Garland – Hoglander
1:45100% CF
PK1FMiller – Bailey
3:08
PK2FLammikko – Highmore
2:07
PK1DMyers – Ekman-Larsson
4:17
PK2DSchenn – Burroughs
1:47

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:22
PHISean Couturier (Travis Konecny, Claude Giroux)snap0.06 xG
PHI: Giroux, Braun, Couturier, Konecny, ProvorovVAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Pearson, Horvat, Garland
PHI 1 – 0 VAN
2:15
VANQuinn Hughes (Luke Schenn, Matthew Highmore)wrist0.02 xG
PHI: Thompson, Yandle, Seeler, Brown, MacEwenVAN: Schenn, Chiasson, Lammikko, Highmore, Hughes
PHI 1 – 1 VAN
6:58
PHIJames van RiemsdykPP (Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux)snap0.24 xG
PHI: Yandle, Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, KonecnyVAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Miller, Bailey
PHI 2 – 1 VAN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.53	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	68	57
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.30	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	61	65
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	46	15
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	0	0	2	15:45	—	—	74	73
Scott Laughton C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	0	14:22	—	—	68	68
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	2	13:11	—	—	70	67
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.46	3	0	0	17:43	—	—	42	22
Cam Atkinson R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	56	62
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:39	—	—	32	20
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	36	18
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	75	82
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	7	7:55	—	—	40	45
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	23:21	—	—	50	42
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	21:09	—	—	55	42
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	2	23:11	—	—	65	68
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	1	0	22:37	—	—	54	63
Keith Yandle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	47	21
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	63	41

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	3.46	59:13

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	5	1	0	22:54	—	—	46	60
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	1	1	0	20:11	—	—	56	69
Vasily Podkolzin R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	10:42	—	—	44	52
Juho Lammikko C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	50	79
Alex Chiasson R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:03	—	—	29	16
Matthew Highmore C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.60	0	1	0	9:20	—	—	58	83
Bo Horvat C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.55	3	2	2	20:01	—	—	39	32
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	1	0	0	16:28	—	—	44	55
Conor Garland R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	0	0	10:37	—	—	25	51
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	0	2	18:30	—	—	47	25
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	2	15:00	—	—	48	54
Justin Bailey R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	4	0	0	11:32	—	—	41	60
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	5	2	0	25:18	—	—	60	76
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	3	2	0	23:31	—	—	46	71
Quinn Hughes D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	4	28:06	—	—	44	40
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	7	0	5	14:11	—	—	32	33
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	13:23	—	—	35	53
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	0	0	8:46	—	—	39	31

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.76	58:19

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.