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Tue, Feb 7, 2012·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 1, Philadelphia Flyers 0 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 82% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI070703012118
PHI010015016040045

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. No goals in regulation or overtime.

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
  2. 2. PHI Daniel Brière stopped
  3. 3. NYI John Tavares scored
  4. 4. PHI Wayne Simmonds stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 8:16NYIMark Streit: Holding2 min
  2. P2 10:35PHIAndrej Meszaros: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 13:35PHIKimmo Timonen: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:05NYIPA Parenteau: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 19:14NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 14:45PHIMatt Carle: Hooking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
18Shots on goal45
2.3Expected goals4.5
52Shot attempts86
25Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
27Hits34
24Blocked shots19
8Giveaways9
12Takeaways10

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestRakhshani – Bailey – Martin8:12

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Moulson – Okposo – Tavares12:32

    xG 0.63–0.58 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Pandolfo – Wallace – Niederreiter5:04

    xG 0.00–0.43 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Nielsen – Grabner9:08

    xG 0.27–0.86 (24%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReese – MacDonald9:39

    xG 0.66–0.48 (58%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Staios – Eaton2:46

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Staios – Streit11:03

    xG 0.52–0.42 (56%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Hartnell – Giroux11:17

    xG 1.61–0.44 (79%)attempts 25–6goals 0–0

  2. Sestito – Rinaldo – Couturier6:18

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Voracek – Read11:22

    xG 0.55–0.21 (72%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  4. Brière – Simmonds – Schenn12:11

    xG 0.11–0.64 (15%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Bourdon13:45

    xG 1.15–0.24 (83%)attempts 21–13goals 0–0

  2. Meszaros – Gustafsson14:07

    xG 0.83–0.63 (57%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Meszaros2:19

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 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 4.5 xGNYI 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1070 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 0 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 82% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

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

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