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Mon, Jan 20, 2014·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New York Islanders 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI0143903032329
NYI09116217013443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:26PHIMatt ReadSHAssists: Sean Couturier, Kimmo Timonen · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:26NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Kyle Okposo, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:30PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Scott Hartnell, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:16PHIMatt ReadAssists: Nicklas Grossmann · Snap, 0.24 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:16NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Josh Bailey, Cal Clutterbuck · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:02NYIKyle OkposoPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
  2. 2. PHI Vincent Lecavalier stopped
  3. 3. NYI Thomas Vanek stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares scored
  6. 6. PHI Matt Read scored
  7. 7. NYI Kyle Okposo scored
  8. 8. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 5:54NYIMatt Carkner: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:54NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 5:54PHIJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:03PHIBraydon Coburn: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 12:03NYIKyle Okposo: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 12:03PHIBraydon Coburn: Slashing2 min
  7. P1 18:50NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 1:09PHINicklas Grossmann: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 7:55PHIScott Hartnell: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P2 12:24PHIVincent Lecavalier: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 3:15NYIEric Boulton: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 3:15PHISteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 3:50NYIKyle Okposo: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 6:10PHIAdam Hall: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 15:54PHISteve Downie: Holding2 min · PPG

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 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
29Shots on goal43
4.1Expected goals4.2
50Shot attempts76
30Faceoffs won37
3Power plays6
24Penalty minutes18
22Hits32
22Blocked shots12
14Giveaways14
10Takeaways4

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Simmonds – Schenn9:05

    xG 0.92–0.34 (73%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Lecavalier – Read – Couturier4:55

    xG 0.48–0.12 (79%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Rosehill – Downie3:22

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl4:03

    xG 0.01–0.19 (6%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn8:05

    xG 0.70–0.20 (78%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Meszaros2:57

    xG 0.46–0.08 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Meszaros2:07

    xG 0.03–0.13 (19%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Clutterbuck – Bailey8:56

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares10:45

    xG 0.39–0.31 (56%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  3. Boulton – Martin – Cizikas5:39

    xG 0.13–0.12 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Grabner – Nelson6:40

    xG 0.11–0.86 (12%)attempts 6–3goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrait – MacDonald14:38

    xG 1.04–0.40 (72%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  2. Carkner – Hickey8:07

    xG 0.36–0.79 (31%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Donovan – de Haan12:57

    xG 0.45–0.97 (31%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

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 4.2 xGPHI 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 84/100 · #151 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 52% 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).