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Sat, Jan 22, 2011·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD2100616322
PHI05110012127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:25NJDHenrik TallinderUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:12NJDPatrik EliasGWGAssists: Mark Fayne, Brian Rolston · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:40PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Claude Giroux, Mike Richards · Tip-in, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:18NJDPatrik EliasENAssists: Brian Rolston, Henrik Tallinder · Wrist, 0.68 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:12NJDPatrik Elias: Holding2 min
  2. P2 2:39PHIClaude Giroux: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 8:43PHIChris Pronger: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 11:25NJDTim Sestito: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:53PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:06NJDAnton Volchenkov: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 17:46PHIClaude Giroux: Cross checking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brière won the faceoff against Arnott
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
22Shots on goal27
3.3Expected goals3.0
53Shot attempts61
21Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits21
20Blocked shots15
13Giveaways11
10Takeaways8

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestKovalchuk – Zajac – Tedenby7:32

    xG 0.17–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Arnott – Mair – Kovalchuk8:13

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Clarkson – Sestito – Pelley7:25

    xG 0.38–0.49 (43%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Rolston – Elias – Zubrus10:48

    xG 0.68–0.85 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Volchenkov5:38

    xG 0.42–0.05 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Salmela4:54

    xG 0.37–0.13 (74%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Greene5:12

    xG 0.31–0.07 (81%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Giroux – van Riemsdyk2:47

    xG 0.33–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Giroux – Powe2:25

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Hartnell – Leino15:46

    xG 0.77–0.91 (46%)attempts 22–20goals 0–1

  4. Richards – Nodl – van Riemsdyk6:25

    xG 0.15–0.34 (31%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPronger – Carle13:51

    xG 0.78–0.32 (71%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn9:52

    xG 0.11–0.22 (33%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. O'Donnell – Coburn3:01

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 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.

PHI 3.0 xGNJD 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #977 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 57% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

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

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