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Thu, Nov 3, 2011·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 72% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD0922117022439
PHI052918011323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:28PHIZac RinaldoAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:08PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Andreas Lilja · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:59NJDZach PariseAssists: Adam Henrique, Ilya Kovalchuk · Backhand, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:57NJDAdam HenriqueAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:37PHIMax TalbotUnassisted · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:25NJDDavid ClarksonAssists: Patrik Elias · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Wayne Simmonds stopped
  2. 2. NJD Zach Parise scored
  3. 3. PHI Daniel Brière scored
  4. 4. NJD Petr Sykora stopped
  5. 5. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  6. 6. NJD Patrik Elias scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:24NJDZach Parise: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 3:24PHIBraydon Coburn: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 6:02NJDHenrik Tallinder: Interference2 min
  4. P1 11:12NJDAdam Larsson: Interference2 min
  5. P1 12:22NJDMark Fraser: Boarding2 min
  6. P1 14:57PHIZac Rinaldo: Charging2 min
  7. P2 12:10NJDMark Fraser: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 12:21PHIJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 15:06PHIScott Hartnell: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P2 17:58NJDNick Palmieri: Interference2 min
  11. P3 6:02NJDAdam Larsson: Interference2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
39Shots on goal23
3.9Expected goals2.6
77Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won36
3Power plays6
14Penalty minutes8
17Hits9
19Blocked shots28
8Giveaways18
9Takeaways6

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 – Parise – Henrique11:47

    xG 1.35–0.39 (78%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Clarkson – Carter – Palmieri9:15

    xG 0.92–0.05 (95%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Sykora – Elias – Zubrus10:08

    xG 0.65–0.29 (69%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Fraser10:08

    xG 1.31–0.44 (75%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Salvador – Larsson12:59

    xG 0.98–0.26 (79%)attempts 25–9goals 2–0

  3. Tallinder – Fayne13:41

    xG 0.88–0.40 (69%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Talbot – Nodl – Simmonds5:18

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Voracek – Couturier3:36

    xG 0.03–0.11 (19%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Voracek – Zolnierczyk6:25

    xG 0.12–0.30 (28%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Hartnell – Giroux12:24

    xG 0.39–1.61 (19%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Timonen – Coburn13:47

    xG 0.38–0.79 (32%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  2. Lilja – Meszaros10:36

    xG 0.14–0.71 (17%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  3. Lilja – Coburn2:37

    xG 0.00–0.61 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 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 2.6 xGNJD 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #107 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.29 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 72% 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).