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Sun, Mar 11, 2012·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New Jersey Devils 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 83% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI060815119
NJD11107313431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:35NJDPatrik EliasPPAssists: David Clarkson, Ilya Kovalchuk · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:16PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:45NJDAnton VolchenkovGWGAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Zach Parise · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:08NJDIlya KovalchukAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Adam Henrique · Snap, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:19NJDZach ParisePPAssists: Patrik Elias, Marek Zidlicky · Snap, 0.25 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 19:18PHIBraydon Coburn: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:32NJDDavid Clarkson: Charging2 min
  3. P2 4:54PHIJody Shelley: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 4:54PHIJody Shelley: Misconduct10 min
  5. P2 9:26NJDBryce Salvador: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 7:20NJDAnton Volchenkov: Interference2 min
  7. P3 7:20PHIMax Talbot: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 12:39PHIZac Rinaldo: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  9. P3 18:16PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 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 20:00Hartnell won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
19Shots on goal31
1.4Expected goals3.3
27Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won27
2Power plays5
22Penalty minutes6
36Hits17
3Blocked shots3
7Giveaways6
1Takeaways10

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. Jagr – Hartnell – Giroux12:49

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  2. Shelley – Rinaldo – Wellwood2:27

    xG 0.07–0.03 (70%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Wellwood – Read2:32

    xG 0.01–0.08 (15%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Rinaldo – Wellwood – Couturier2:42

    xG 0.10–0.20 (34%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Gustafsson14:35

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Lilja – Manning13:28

    xG 0.43–0.88 (33%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann12:50

    xG 0.23–1.03 (18%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPonikarovsky – Clarkson – Josefson11:36

    xG 0.81–0.05 (94%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Boulton – Janssen – Carter4:10

    xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Sykora – Elias – Zubrus10:46

    xG 0.62–0.46 (57%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Kovalchuk – Parise – Henrique12:29

    xG 0.29–0.16 (65%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Zidlicky11:22

    xG 1.31–0.09 (94%)attempts 15–2goals 1–0

  2. Zidlicky – Greene3:36

    xG 0.26–0.03 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Salvador – Zidlicky2:58

    xG 0.05–0.01 (79%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.3 xGPHI 1.4 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 32/100 · #817 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 83% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

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

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