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Sat, Jan 18, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 4, Philadelphia Flyers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI21221502429
PHI28110314632

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:43NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Thomas Vanek, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:54NYICal ClutterbuckSHAssists: Frans Nielsen, Brian Strait · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:43PHIAndrej MeszarosUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:38PHIAndrej MeszarosAssists: Scott Hartnell, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 3:45PHIAdam HallAssists: Mark Streit · Tip-in, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:05NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Calvin de Haan, Josh Bailey · Deflected, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P2 14:00NYIBrian StraitAssists: Michael Grabner, Brock Nelson · Tip-in, 0.01 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:14PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, Kimmo Timonen · Snap, 0.17 xG4–4
  9. P3 15:45PHIMichael RafflGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.14 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:04PHIMatt ReadENAssists: Sean Couturier, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.56 xG4–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:36NYIEric Boulton: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:24NYIEric Boulton: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:24PHIJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:13NYIMatt Donovan: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 4:04NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 4:04PHISteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 4:04PHIJay Rosehill: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 9:00PHIBraydon Coburn: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 8:19PHIAndrej Meszaros: Delaying game puck over glass2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackPHI 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.

NYIPHI
29Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals3.1
52Shot attempts61
19Faceoffs won39
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
36Hits34
19Blocked shots15
5Giveaways8
2Takeaways4

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. bestBoulton – Martin – Cizikas4:55

    xG 0.37–0.06 (86%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Clutterbuck – Bailey10:23

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  3. McDonald – Grabner – Cizikas2:14

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Grabner – Nelson8:00

    xG 0.07–0.38 (15%)attempts 4–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Carkner – Hickey9:55

    xG 0.12–0.21 (36%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Strait – MacDonald19:43

    xG 0.19–0.58 (24%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

  3. Donovan – de Haan15:40

    xG 0.75–1.24 (38%)attempts 16–25goals 2–4

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl7:55

    xG 1.04–0.08 (92%)attempts 15–3goals 2–0

  2. Lecavalier – Read – Couturier7:54

    xG 0.35–0.11 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Read – Couturier – Raffl2:04

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Giroux – Voracek4:21

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn11:33

    xG 1.14–0.33 (78%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  2. Streit – Grossmann13:27

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  3. Meszaros – Schenn12:53

    xG 0.23–0.25 (49%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

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 3.1 xGNYI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 96/100 · #31 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 62% 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).