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Thu, Apr 18, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 3, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 80% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD06114211331
PHI090707023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:36NJDRyan CarterGWGAssists: Stephen Gionta · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 14:10NJDMatt D'AgostiniAssists: Jacob Josefson · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:47NJDAdam HenriqueENAssists: Dainius Zubrus, Travis Zajac · Snap, 0.68 xG3–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 16:27PHIJakub Voracek: Holding2 min
  2. P2 11:07PHIBrayden Schenn: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:16NJDHenrik Tallinder: Holding2 min
  4. P2 0:00NJDAdam Henrique: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 0:00PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 2:28NJDMarek Zidlicky: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 2:28NJDDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 2:28PHIOliver Lauridsen: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 8:13PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 0:00PHIWayne Simmonds: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
31Shots on goal23
4.0Expected goals2.0
61Shot attempts42
31Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes15
12Hits24
13Blocked shots17
1Giveaways8
8Takeaways9

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. bestPonikarovsky – D'Agostini – Josefson7:25

    xG 0.61–0.02 (97%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter9:05

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Zubrus – Clarkson – Henrique10:31

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Elias – Sullivan – Zajac10:57

    xG 0.29–0.24 (54%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Fayne2:18

    xG 0.54–0.04 (92%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Fayne – Harrold10:23

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Tallinder – Zidlicky13:40

    xG 0.50–0.20 (71%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagne – Giroux – Voracek12:10

    xG 0.49–0.34 (59%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  2. Simmonds – Read – Couturier10:13

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Knuble – Read – Couturier2:24

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Knuble – Hall – Fedotenko4:10

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Gustafsson11:18

    xG 0.58–0.24 (70%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Gustafsson4:06

    xG 0.13–0.13 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Schenn3:10

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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 2.0 xGNJD 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #635 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 80% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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