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Thu, Mar 28, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI01411029032436
PHI29014111021336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:14PHIScott HartnellPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:25PHIMike KnubleAssists: Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:00NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Matt Moulson, Mark Streit · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:04NYIColin McDonaldAssists: Keith Aucoin, Michael Grabner · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:37NYIColin McDonaldAssists: Matt Martin, Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:30PHIScott HartnellPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Matt Read · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Matt Read stopped
  2. 2. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  4. 4. NYI Brad Boyes scored
  5. 5. PHI Brayden Schenn stopped
  6. 6. NYI John Tavares stopped
  7. 7. PHI Wayne Simmonds stopped
  8. 8. NYI Josh Bailey scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:47NYILubomir Visnovsky: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:21NYIColin McDonald: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:21PHIScott Hartnell: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:46PHIScott Hartnell: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:43PHIKurtis Foster: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 0:00PHIBrayden Schenn: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:58PHIBruno Gervais: Delaying game2 min
  8. P3 18:26NYIFrans Nielsen: Delaying game face off violation2 min · PPG
  9. P3 19:59PHILuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  10. OT 5:00NYIJohn Tavares: Holding2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
36Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals2.5
78Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won35
5Power plays2
11Penalty minutes15
31Hits13
13Blocked shots26
8Giveaways7
3Takeaways6

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Martin – Cizikas3:42

    xG 0.51–0.13 (79%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  2. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares10:15

    xG 0.29–0.10 (75%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Boulton – Martin – Cizikas5:15

    xG 0.15–0.12 (56%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey9:07

    xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Streit12:17

    xG 0.65–0.23 (74%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic15:15

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  3. Visnovsky – Hickey16:19

    xG 0.51–0.90 (36%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Simmonds – Schenn9:44

    xG 0.55–0.17 (77%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  2. Talbot – Rinaldo – Couturier9:30

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Knuble – Gagne – Fedotenko4:34

    xG 0.41–0.47 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Read10:29

    xG 0.13–0.31 (30%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Gervais7:09

    xG 0.26–0.04 (87%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Schenn11:04

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Foster – Schenn3:04

    xG 0.04–0.05 (47%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

PHI 2.5 xGNYI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 95/100 · #45 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.71 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 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 51% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

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

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