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Sat, Oct 8, 2011·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New Jersey Devils 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 85% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1130729329
NJD0701003020

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:05PHIClaude GirouxGWGAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Matt Carle · Slap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:41PHIMatt ReadAssists: Scott Hartnell · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:50PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Chris Pronger · Snap, 0.57 xG3–0
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 0:27NJDPetr Sykora: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 6:39PHIZac Rinaldo: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:21PHIBraydon Coburn: Holding2 min
  4. P2 1:24PHIBraydon Coburn: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 7:26NJDPatrik Elias: Holding2 min
  6. P2 14:29NJDDavid Clarkson: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 14:53PHIMatt Carle: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 2:47NJDPatrik Elias: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:00NJDDavid Clarkson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 8:30PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 8:30NJDDavid Clarkson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 8:30NJDDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 8:30NJDDavid Clarkson: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 10:49NJDEric Boulton: Interference2 min
  15. P3 10:49NJDEric Boulton: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 13:18PHIDaniel Brière: Tripping2 min
  17. P3 16:01NJDBrad Mills: Boarding2 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 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Elias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
29Shots on goal20
3.2Expected goals1.1
47Shot attempts31
22Faceoffs won33
8Power plays5
15Penalty minutes41
18Hits20
6Blocked shots11
6Giveaways7
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. bestBrière – Voracek – Simmonds7:05

    xG 0.52–0.09 (86%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Giroux – van Riemsdyk6:58

    xG 0.36–0.12 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Hartnell – Read – Couturier6:41

    xG 0.21–0.16 (56%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Talbot – Nodl – Rinaldo5:55

    xG 0.01–0.10 (7%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLilja – Meszaros6:23

    xG 0.49–0.15 (76%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Lilja – Carle2:38

    xG 0.16–0.07 (69%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Lilja – Coburn2:42

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestSykora – Elias – Parise4:50

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Clarkson – Henrique – Josefson5:43

    xG 0.06–0.02 (75%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Boulton – Mills – Tedenby3:27

    xG 0.01–0.16 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Zubrus – Kovalchuk – Palmieri6:22

    xG 0.19–0.58 (25%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Tallinder – Fayne8:31

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Greene – Larsson11:10

    xG 0.19–0.78 (20%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Salvador – Volchenkov7:06

    xG 0.03–0.67 (4%)attempts 2–7goals 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.

NJD 1.1 xGPHI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #1067 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 85% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).