Philadelphia Flyers vs. Anaheim DucksDec 28, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 28, 2024· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	1	2	3		PHI	7	12	6	25
ANA	0	1	0	1		ANA	10	12	11	33

: PHI 60ANA 65
: PHI 4.99ANA 2.79
PP goals: PHI 0ANA 0
Hits: PHI 15ANA 18
Blocks: PHI 16ANA 16
PIM: PHI 6ANA 10
: PHI 55%ANA 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1 at ANA. Noah Cates (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Matvei Michkov (PHI) played 9:01, −7:46 down on his 16:47 season average over 79 games.

Usage
Matvei Michkov (PHI) played 9:01, −7:46 down on his 16:47 season average over 79 games.Michkov
Luck
PHI scored 3 goals on 4.99 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
ANA scored 1 goal on 2.79 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Noah Cates (PHI) played 19:42, +3:52 up on his 15:50 season average over 77 games.Cates
Goalie
Samuel Ersson (PHI) faced 33 shots and stopped 32 (.970), +8 against a season average of 24.7; the win.Ersson
Usage
Morgan Frost (PHI) played 12:22, −3:26 down on his 15:48 season average over 80 games.Frost
Usage
Radko Gudas (ANA) played 16:48, −3:06 down on his 19:54 season average over 80 games.Gudas
Usage
Ryan Poehling (PHI) played 9:41, −4:16 down on his 13:57 season average over 67 games.Poehling

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · ANA 65 · PHI 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 26% of the game, ANA 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ANA

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	ANA
	56	53
	2.33	1.79
	2.21	1.76
	8	10
	8	8
	24	23
	+0.021	−0.021
	26%	23%

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

L1Cates – Brink – Foerster
10:5652% CF
L2Couturier – Laughton – Konecny
7:4561% CF
L3Hathaway – Poehling – Farabee
4:4444% CF
L4Tippett – Frost – Michkov
4:3314% CF
D1Sanheim – York
12:4950% CF
D2Ristolainen – Zamula
12:3657% CF
D3Seeler – Drysdale
11:2856% CF

PP1Couturier – Konecny – Brink – Drysdale – Michkov
2:2933% CF
PP2Ristolainen – Tippett – Frost – Cates – Foerster
2:1450% CF
PK1FLaughton – Cates
2:28
PK2FHathaway – Poehling
1:06
PK1DSeeler – Ristolainen
2:51
PK2DSanheim – York
1:41

Current PHI line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Fabbri – McTavish – Gauthier
11:0662% CF
L2Strome – Vatrano – Terry
10:3135% CF
L3Killorn – Leason – Carlsson
8:3347% CF
L4Johnston – Harkins – Lundeström
6:1750% CF
D1Trouba – Zellweger
13:3143% CF
D2Gudas – LaCombe
12:2233% CF
D3Dumoulin – Helleson
11:1673% CF

PP1Strome – Vatrano – Terry – Zellweger – Carlsson
3:22100% CF
PP2Killorn – Fabbri – Leason – LaCombe – McTavish
1:12100% CF
PK1FHarkins – Leason
3:16
PK2FKillorn – Lundeström
2:44
PK1DDumoulin – Trouba
3:35
PK2DGudas – LaCombe
1:45

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:03
PHINoah Cates (Bobby Brink, Cam York)snap0.17 xG
PHI: Sanheim, Cates, York, Brink, FoersterANA: Killorn, Terry, Helleson, Zellweger, Carlsson
PHI 1 – 0 ANA
15:38
ANATroy Terry (Radko Gudas, Jackson LaCombe)snap0.08 xG
PHI: Sanheim, Cates, York, Brink, FoersterANA: Trouba, Terry, McTavish, Zellweger, Gauthier
PHI 1 – 1 ANA

3rd period

5:57
PHIMorgan Frost (Scott Laughton)backhand0.04 xG
PHI: Laughton, Sanheim, Frost, Farabee, YorkANA: Killorn, Trouba, Leason, Zellweger, Carlsson
PHI 2 – 1 ANA
17:40
PHIJoel FarabeeENwrist0.85 xG
PHI: Seeler, Ristolainen, Konecny, Tippett, FarabeeANA: Killorn, Strome, Vatrano, Terry, Zellweger, Carlsson
PHI 3 – 1 ANA

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
Noah Cates L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.45	1	3	0	19:42	—	—	55	77
Tyson Foerster R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	0	1	2	17:27	—	—	55	78
Bobby Brink R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.85	3	1	0	15:53	—	—	52	77
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	1	0	20:17	—	—	62	35
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	63	42
Scott Laughton C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.60	2	0	0	16:52	—	—	68	49
Joel Farabee L	L3	1	0	1	+2	4	1.20	1	0	0	11:59	—	—	59	85
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	9:41	—	—	46	73
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:25	—	—	46	81
Owen Tippett R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.31	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	30	41
Morgan Frost C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	12:22	—	—	29	36
Matvei Michkov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	2	9:01	—	—	29	32
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:24	—	—	45	70
Cam York D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:31	—	—	53	75
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	22:34	—	—	59	66
Egor Zamula D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	56	46
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.64	1	2	0	18:30	—	—	50	30
Jamie Drysdale D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	2	0	17:03	—	—	44	11

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.79	60:00

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mason McTavish C	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.64	4	0	0	15:48	—	—	62	54
Robby Fabbri C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	62	49
Cutter Gauthier L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	0	2	13:19	—	—	61	54
Troy Terry R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.11	0	2	2	19:56	—	—	32	54
Frank Vatrano R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.66	3	0	2	19:25	—	—	36	64
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	35	59
Alex Killorn L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.19	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	45	24
Leo Carlsson C	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.22	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	41	24
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	0	0	14:13	—	—	44	28
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	50	11
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:27	—	—	47	11
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:11	—	—	50	11
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	5	0	21:39	—	—	40	23
Olen Zellweger D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	42	26
Jackson LaCombe D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	20:36	—	—	42	46
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	4	2	16:48	—	—	30	25
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	61	53
Drew Helleson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	2	2	2	15:49	—	—	70	63

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Lukas Dostal(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	2.57	57:52

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Noah Cates (PHI) 2nd 4:03 · assists Bobby Brink, Cam York · Forecheck turnover · 57.5 mph shot.

Noah Cates · 2nd 4:03 · PHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.5 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Troy Terry · 2nd 15:38 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4
Shot: 59.0 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Morgan Frost · 3rd 5:57 · PHI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 17.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Joel Farabee · 3rd 17:40 · PHI EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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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.