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Mon, Jan 19, 2015·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Islanders 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 74% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0142728429
NYI29320212741

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:06NYINikolay KuleminAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Michael Grabner · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:53NYINikolay KuleminSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:07PHIMark StreitPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:49NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Nick Leddy, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–4
  6. P2 15:12PHIMichael Del ZottoAssists: Jakub Voracek, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P2 19:52NYIJohn TavaresPPGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–5
  8. P3 0:49PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Zac Rinaldo · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–5
  9. P3 5:45NYINick LeddyAssists: John Tavares, Kyle Okposo · Slap, 0.04 xG3–6
  10. P3 17:36PHIChris VandeVeldeAssists: Luke Schenn · Tip-in, 0.08 xG4–6
  11. P3 18:57NYIAnders LeeENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.59 xG4–7
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:35PHIJakub Voracek: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 15:48NYICalvin de Haan: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:05NYIBrock Nelson: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:17NYICasey Cizikas: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:44PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:25PHIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:04PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Raffl won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
29Shots on goal41
3.2Expected goals4.9
52Shot attempts61
35Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
39Hits59
12Blocked shots15
10Giveaways16
11Takeaways9

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Schenn10:37

    xG 0.71–0.31 (70%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Simmonds – Rinaldo – Raffl8:18

    xG 0.71–0.34 (67%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare7:43

    xG 0.11–0.51 (18%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Read – Couturier9:16

    xG 0.14–0.56 (19%)attempts 5–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Del Zotto3:52

    xG 0.63–0.12 (84%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Del Zotto5:27

    xG 0.37–0.07 (84%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Schenn2:56

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Kulemin – Nelson7:53

    xG 1.08–0.47 (70%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas10:19

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Okposo – Bailey – Tavares12:35

    xG 0.52–0.58 (47%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  4. Nielsen – Lee – Strome9:29

    xG 0.39–0.48 (45%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy11:09

    xG 1.06–0.44 (71%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  2. Hamonic – de Haan18:53

    xG 0.60–0.89 (40%)attempts 17–19goals 0–2

  3. Strait – Hickey13:43

    xG 0.33–1.01 (25%)attempts 7–10goals 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 4.9 xGPHI 3.2 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 82/100 · #183 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 11 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 74% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

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