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Wed, Mar 13, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New Jersey Devils 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 65% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1110717225
NJD39113110532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:02NJDPatrik EliasAssists: Adam Henrique, Steve Bernier · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:45PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:21NJDAdam HenriqueAssists: Patrik Elias, Johan Hedberg · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:18NJDIlya KovalchukSHGWGAssists: Stephen Gionta · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:31NJDAndrei LoktionovAssists: Alexei Ponikarovsky · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:16NJDAdam HenriquePPAssists: Andrei Loktionov, Marek Zidlicky · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P3 16:08PHIScott HartnellAssists: Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.12 xG2–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:34NJDTom Kostopoulos: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:13NJDRyan Carter: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:57NJDBryce Salvador: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:47PHIWayne Simmonds: Interference2 min
  5. P2 8:02NJDAnton Volchenkov: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 12:09PHIDaniel Brière: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 19:39PHIBruno Gervais: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  8. P3 3:09PHIScott Hartnell: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 9:20PHIScott Hartnell: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 9:20NJDTom Kostopoulos: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 9:20PHIScott Hartnell: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 18:13PHIScott Hartnell: Slashing2 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 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
25Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals2.4
35Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won30
4Power plays6
14Penalty minutes10
29Hits18
15Blocked shots8
7Giveaways5
9Takeaways10

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. bestSimmonds – Schenn – Read10:39

    xG 0.44–0.08 (84%)attempts 9–2goals 0–1

  2. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:53

    xG 0.65–0.82 (44%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

  3. Brière – Gagne – Couturier5:08

    xG 0.09–0.35 (21%)attempts 3–8goals 0–2

  4. Fedotenko – Talbot – Rinaldo6:00

    xG 0.01–0.35 (4%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Gervais8:25

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  2. Coburn – Grossmann13:10

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Timonen – Meszaros3:06

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Bernier – Henrique7:20

    xG 0.45–0.15 (75%)attempts 8–3goals 2–0

  2. Clarkson – Zajac – Carter9:45

    xG 0.91–0.62 (59%)attempts 17–4goals 0–1

  3. Kostopoulos – Barch – Gionta5:30

    xG 0.15–0.01 (92%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Ponikarovsky – Kovalchuk – Loktionov8:14

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Zidlicky14:41

    xG 1.26–0.44 (74%)attempts 22–9goals 1–1

  2. Volchenkov – Harrold8:41

    xG 0.30–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson14:18

    xG 0.19–0.29 (40%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

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 2.4 xGPHI 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 42/100 · #431 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 65% 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).