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Mon, Feb 18, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 7, New York Islanders 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 64% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1113638725
NYI080605019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:26PHIClaude GirouxGWGAssists: Matt Read, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:15PHIMatt ReadAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:57PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Daniel Brière · Snap, 0.16 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:45PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Matt Read, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.12 xG4–0
  5. P3 3:31PHIZac RinaldoAssists: Harry Zolnierczyk, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–0
  6. P3 10:27PHIDaniel BrièrePPAssists: Sean Couturier, Erik Gustafsson · Snap, 0.16 xG6–0
  7. P3 17:46PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.07 xG7–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:56NYIJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:50PHIKimmo Timonen: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:50PHIWayne Simmonds: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 18:01NYIJohn Tavares: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 1:44PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 1:44NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 4:38PHIDaniel Brière: Holding2 min
  8. P2 6:22NYIKyle Okposo: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 11:42PHIBraydon Coburn: High sticking2 min
  10. P2 18:29PHIHarry Zolnierczyk: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 8:35NYILubomir Visnovsky: Interference2 min · PPG
  12. P3 18:33PHIBraydon Coburn: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 18:33NYIMatt Martin: 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 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
25Shots on goal19
3.0Expected goals2.2
43Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won29
4Power plays5
20Penalty minutes18
25Hits13
23Blocked shots8
7Giveaways10
5Takeaways12

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Read8:54

    xG 0.98–0.46 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 3–0

  2. Brière – Simmonds – Schenn10:32

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  3. Knuble – Talbot – Couturier10:48

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Fedotenko – Rinaldo – Zolnierczyk7:56

    xG 0.26–0.59 (30%)attempts 3–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Schenn3:04

    xG 0.62–0.31 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Schenn8:48

    xG 0.42–0.37 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann12:27

    xG 0.53–0.54 (50%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Bailey10:26

    xG 0.54–0.27 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Aucoin – Okposo – Bailey2:20

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – Grabner – Ullstrom6:56

    xG 0.01–0.16 (8%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas7:37

    xG 0.36–0.51 (41%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – MacDonald2:59

    xG 0.52–0.06 (89%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Visnovsky – Strait4:05

    xG 0.19–0.09 (68%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Finley – Hamonic2:18

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

NYI 2.2 xGPHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #637 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 64% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

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