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Fri, Mar 15, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 66% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD0101705061128
PHI1100703022222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:21PHIMax TalbotAssists: Simon Gagne, Matt Read · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:09NJDDavid ClarksonAssists: Bryce Salvador, Marek Zidlicky · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Matt Read scored
  2. 2. NJD Ilya Kovalchuk scored
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  4. 4. NJD David Clarkson stopped
  5. 5. PHI Daniel Brière stopped
  6. 6. NJD Patrik Elias stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:02NJDAndy Greene: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:34PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:34PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 2:38NJDBryce Salvador: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:40PHIZac Rinaldo: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 0:15NJDMarek Zidlicky: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 8:51PHIScott Hartnell: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 13:12NJDAnton Volchenkov: Interference2 min
  9. P3 18:18PHIBrayden Schenn: Charging2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
28Shots on goal22
3.8Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts42
27Faceoffs won32
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
23Hits37
10Blocked shots16
9Giveaways10
6Takeaways4

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Bernier – Henrique6:40

    xG 0.18–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Clarkson – Zajac – Carter7:24

    xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Barch – Gionta3:04

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Ponikarovsky – Kovalchuk – Loktionov3:05

    xG 0.08–0.03 (72%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Zidlicky14:35

    xG 0.36–0.04 (90%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Volchenkov – Harrold12:15

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson13:49

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Fedotenko – Rinaldo – Couturier6:46

    xG 0.04–0.08 (36%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek12:06

    xG 0.09–0.15 (38%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Gagne – Talbot – Read9:58

    xG 0.13–0.25 (35%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Brière – Simmonds – Schenn8:53

    xG 0.10–0.35 (22%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Timonen – Schenn12:41

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Grossmann14:11

    xG 0.13–0.18 (43%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Gervais – Meszaros9:04

    xG 0.13–0.38 (25%)attempts 5–8goals 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.

PHI 2.8 xGNJD 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #350 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 66% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

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

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