Skip to content
Ice Lab

Tue, Jan 22, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 0, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 75% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI090807024
NJD23113010326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:07NJDTravis ZajacGWGAssists: Bryce Salvador, Dainius Zubrus · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:35NJDDavid ClarksonPPAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Marek Zidlicky · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:44NJDIlya KovalchukUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–3
Penalties (30)
  1. P1 12:00NJDMarek Zidlicky: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:20NJDIlya Kovalchuk: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:25PHIBraydon Coburn: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:39NJDMarek Zidlicky: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 2:44PHIKimmo Timonen: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  6. P2 5:02NJDMattias Tedenby: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 10:31NJDStefan Matteau: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 10:31NJDDavid Clarkson: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 10:31PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 10:31PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 12:50PHIWayne Simmonds: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  12. P2 12:50PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  13. P2 12:50PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  14. P2 12:50NJDSteve Bernier: Roughing2 min
  15. P2 12:50NJDSteve Bernier: Roughing2 min
  16. P2 15:56PHITye McGinn: Abuse of officials2 min
  17. P2 16:46PHIBraydon Coburn: High sticking2 min
  18. P3 6:49PHIClaude Giroux: Abuse of officials2 min
  19. P3 7:35NJDDavid Clarkson: Interference2 min
  20. P3 11:22NJDBryce Salvador: Roughing2 min
  21. P3 11:22PHIMax Talbot: Roughing2 min
  22. P3 11:22NJDBryce Salvador: Slashing2 min
  23. P3 11:22PHIMax Talbot: Slashing2 min
  24. P3 12:24PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  25. P3 12:32PHINicklas Grossmann: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  26. P3 12:50NJDMarek Zidlicky: Interference2 min
  27. P3 15:28NJDDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  28. P3 15:28PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  29. P3 19:27NJDSteve Bernier: Fighting5 min
  30. P3 19:27PHIBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 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
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Gionta
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
24Shots on goal26
1.6Expected goals2.9
46Shot attempts41
29Faceoffs won26
6Power plays7
36Penalty minutes34
18Hits12
8Blocked shots16
2Giveaways5
1Takeaways2

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestFedotenko – Read – Couturier8:25

    xG 0.32–0.10 (77%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Simmonds – Schenn – McGinn5:52

    xG 0.02–0.04 (37%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek9:33

    xG 0.27–0.39 (41%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  4. Talbot – Wellwood – Laughton6:26

    xG 0.16–0.65 (19%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Schenn9:07

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Gervais – Meszaros2:13

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Meszaros2:02

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZubrus – Kovalchuk – Zajac9:36

    xG 0.71–0.06 (92%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Elias – Clarkson – Matteau2:19

    xG 0.47–0.04 (92%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Gionta – Carter7:15

    xG 0.08–0.08 (48%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Elias – Clarkson – Tedenby4:42

    xG 0.05–0.08 (40%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Fayne2:04

    xG 0.77–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Salvador – Volchenkov4:30

    xG 0.65–0.11 (85%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Greene11:39

    xG 0.12–0.04 (75%)attempts 5–7goals 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 2.9 xGPHI 1.6 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 5/100 · #696 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 75% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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