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Sat, Nov 27, 2010·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI010014114031141
NJD1110605032225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:49NJDAdam MairAssists: David Clarkson, Brian Rolston · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:38PHIDaniel BrièrePPAssists: Scott Hartnell, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  2. 2. NJD Ilya Kovalchuk stopped
  3. 3. PHI Daniel Brière stopped
  4. 4. NJD Mattias Tedenby stopped
  5. 5. PHI Nikolay Zherdev scored
  6. 6. NJD Jason Arnott scored
  7. 7. PHI Mike Richards stopped
  8. 8. NJD Travis Zajac scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:52PHIScott Hartnell: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 12:46NJDStephen Gionta: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 7:41PHIDaniel Brière: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:49NJDAndy Greene: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NJD
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Arnott
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
41Shots on goal25
2.1Expected goals2.3
58Shot attempts44
30Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
13Hits16
11Blocked shots9
4Giveaways21
6Takeaways8

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 – van Riemsdyk13:20

    xG 0.49–0.22 (69%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Giroux – Powe3:16

    xG 0.12–0.02 (86%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Shelley – Betts – Powe4:32

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Zherdev – Carter – Giroux7:26

    xG 0.18–0.19 (48%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPronger – Carle17:12

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  2. Timonen – Coburn14:50

    xG 0.79–0.78 (50%)attempts 21–13goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Carle2:50

    xG 0.14–0.20 (40%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestKovalchuk – Pelley – Gionta2:27

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Rolston – Mair – Clarkson8:19

    xG 0.30–0.15 (66%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Tedenby9:07

    xG 0.55–0.42 (57%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Arnott – Zubrus – Vasyunov9:25

    xG 0.07–0.14 (34%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene17:11

    xG 1.05–0.22 (82%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Volchenkov – Magnan14:38

    xG 0.74–0.85 (46%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

  3. White – Tallinder17:30

    xG 0.15–0.39 (28%)attempts 3–17goals 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.

NJD 2.3 xGPHI 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #733 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).