Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Nov 2, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New Jersey Devils 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 70% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI160708121
NJD050603014

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:29PHIBrayden SchennGWGAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:23PHIMatt Read: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 9:18NJDEric Gelinas: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:08NJDDainius Zubrus: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 16:19PHIMatt Read: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 19:21PHIMatt Read: Charging2 min
  6. P2 11:27NJDAnton Volchenkov: Holding2 min
  7. P3 3:59NJDJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:33PHIHal Gill: Holding2 min
  9. P3 15:02PHIWayne Simmonds: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 19:28NJDDainius Zubrus: Hooking2 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 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Loktionov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
21Shots on goal14
1.5Expected goals0.8
34Shot attempts27
37Faceoffs won24
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
12Hits14
7Blocked shots6
0Giveaways5
5Takeaways3

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. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek12:48

    xG 0.41–0.05 (89%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Read – Couturier – Raffl9:20

    xG 0.26–0.11 (71%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Rosehill – Rinaldo2:57

    xG 0.07–0.04 (66%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Schenn – McGinn7:14

    xG 0.11–0.14 (43%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn12:12

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Grossmann10:19

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Gill – Meszaros10:44

    xG 0.45–0.31 (60%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Zubrus – Loktionov7:35

    xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Ryder – Tedenby – Henrique5:44

    xG 0.04–0.13 (23%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Gionta – Carter6:03

    xG 0.06–0.16 (28%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Jagr – Zubrus – Henrique3:49

    xG 0.02–0.12 (12%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fayne – Greene8:43

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Larsson2:46

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Greene2:08

    xG 0.09–0.10 (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.

NJD 0.8 xGPHI 1.5 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1089 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 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 70% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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