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Sat, Oct 26, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 5, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 82% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI31101229532
NYI1151508228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:30PHIVincent LecavalierPPAssists: Mark Streit, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:30PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Brayden Schenn, Erik Gustafsson · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:16NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Thomas Hickey, John Tavares · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:13PHIVincent LecavalierGWGAssists: Michael Raffl, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:30NYIFrans NielsenSHAssists: Peter Regin · Backhand, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:53PHIVincent LecavalierAssists: Claude Giroux, Max Talbot · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:28PHIMatt ReadENAssists: Nicklas Grossmann, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.58 xG5–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:10NYIAndrew MacDonald: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:43NYIEric Boulton: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:43PHIJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:22PHIMichael Raffl: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 14:22NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 4:26PHIZac Rinaldo: Charging2 min
  7. P2 9:21NYIMichael Grabner: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 3:10PHIZac Rinaldo: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 13:05NYIRadek Martinek: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 15:25PHINicklas Grossmann: 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 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackNYI 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.

PHINYI
32Shots on goal28
4.7Expected goals2.5
65Shot attempts58
34Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
25Hits25
18Blocked shots13
11Giveaways14
6Takeaways8

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. bestLecavalier – Giroux – Raffl8:05

    xG 1.11–0.13 (90%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  2. Simmonds – Read – Couturier11:06

    xG 0.93–0.39 (71%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Voracek – Schenn13:16

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  4. Talbot – Rosehill – Rinaldo2:17

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Gustafsson12:11

    xG 0.84–0.35 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Schenn12:34

    xG 0.58–0.33 (64%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann15:10

    xG 0.81–0.59 (58%)attempts 17–22goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMoulson – Okposo – Tavares10:58

    xG 0.70–0.33 (68%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Regin – Clutterbuck – Grabner6:14

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Boulton – Martin – Cizikas4:36

    xG 0.03–0.52 (5%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Bouchard – Bailey10:48

    xG 0.26–1.33 (16%)attempts 9–13goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. Martinek – Hickey8:59

    xG 0.33–0.35 (49%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  2. Martinek – Donovan4:08

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic18:20

    xG 0.60–0.92 (40%)attempts 18–23goals 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 2.5 xGPHI 4.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #525 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 82% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).