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Sat, Nov 6, 2010·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11005111226
NYI0911409132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:52PHIMike RichardsAssists: Chris Pronger · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:31NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: James Wisniewski, Dwayne Roloson · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:35PHIAndreas NodlGWGAssists: Eric Wellwood, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:38NYIMichael Grabner: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:51PHIChris Pronger: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:33PHIScott Hartnell: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 3:06PHIDarroll Powe: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:36PHIJeff Carter: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:02NYIZenon Konopka: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 0:00PHIChris Pronger: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 18:54PHISergei Bobrovsky: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
26Shots on goal32
3.7Expected goals3.9
52Shot attempts75
17Faceoffs won37
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
25Hits24
26Blocked shots9
4Giveaways5
13Takeaways6

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. bestRichards – Nodl – Wellwood9:47

    xG 0.76–0.14 (85%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Hartnell – Carter – Leino9:49

    xG 0.64–0.07 (90%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Zherdev – Giroux – Powe6:42

    xG 0.36–0.04 (91%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Shelley – Betts – Carcillo5:49

    xG 0.04–0.01 (75%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Donnell – Meszaros11:34

    xG 0.88–0.56 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn13:01

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Pronger – Carle15:01

    xG 0.43–0.35 (55%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Comeau – Grabner – Tavares7:42

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  2. Schremp – Bailey – Martin4:38

    xG 0.11–0.16 (39%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Weight – Comeau – Tavares2:01

    xG 0.06–0.16 (28%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Hunter – Nielsen – Moulson6:17

    xG 0.12–0.40 (23%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGervais – Hillen9:28

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Eaton – Wisniewski12:37

    xG 0.31–0.74 (30%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  3. Mottau – Martinek15:25

    xG 0.31–1.14 (21%)attempts 17–20goals 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.

NYI 3.9 xGPHI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #759 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

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