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Tue, Apr 9, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 68% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1501408127
NYI18113211432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:28PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, Kimmo Timonen · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:36NYIMatt MoulsonAssists: Brad Boyes, John Tavares · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:42NYIMichael GrabnerGWGAssists: Colin McDonald, Keith Aucoin · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:23NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Matt Moulson, Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:51NYICasey CizikasENAssists: Matt Martin, Colin McDonald · Snap, 0.75 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:49NYIMichael Grabner: Elbowing2 min
  2. P2 6:01PHIBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 6:01NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 5:06PHIKimmo Timonen: Holding2 min
  5. P3 19:19NYIJesse Joensuu: Interference goalkeeper2 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 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
27Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
18Hits19
16Blocked shots12
9Giveaways16
0Takeaways6

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 – Read8:01

    xG 0.36–0.19 (66%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  2. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek16:21

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 15–17goals 1–0

  3. Knuble – Gagne – Fedotenko10:38

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  4. Gagne – Simmonds – Schenn2:17

    xG 0.02–0.09 (20%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Gervais11:52

    xG 0.67–0.49 (58%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Lauridsen9:39

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Huskins – Gustafsson15:39

    xG 0.51–0.51 (50%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestAucoin – McDonald – Grabner9:21

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares17:41

    xG 0.71–0.48 (59%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey13:08

    xG 0.63–0.40 (61%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  4. Joensuu – Martin – Cizikas7:27

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic18:22

    xG 0.85–0.53 (62%)attempts 18–16goals 0–1

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey17:23

    xG 0.67–0.50 (58%)attempts 17–13goals 2–0

  3. Carkner – Streit11:41

    xG 0.49–0.44 (53%)attempts 14–12goals 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 3.4 xGPHI 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #522 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 68% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

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