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Thu, Feb 5, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 64% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI01121107012330
PHI161505021218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:43PHINick SchultzAssists: Vincent Lecavalier · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:38PHIChris VandeVeldeAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Andrew MacDonald · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:48NYIMikhail GrabovskiUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:47NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Brock Nelson, Thomas Hickey · Snap, 0.25 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
  2. 2. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  3. 3. NYI Josh Bailey stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares stopped
  6. 6. PHI Wayne Simmonds scored
  7. 7. NYI Ryan Strome stopped
  8. 8. PHI Brayden Schenn stopped
  9. 9. NYI Brock Nelson stopped
  10. 10. PHI Vincent Lecavalier stopped
  11. 11. NYI Mikhail Grabovski stopped
  12. 12. PHI Matt Read stopped
  13. 13. NYI Cal Clutterbuck scored
  14. 14. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:11PHIRyan White: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:11NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 1:41PHIMark Streit: Delaying game2 min
  4. P3 2:30NYIJohn Tavares: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
30Shots on goal18
2.7Expected goals2.0
64Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won31
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
48Hits47
20Blocked shots20
10Giveaways6
5Takeaways4

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. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee12:27

    xG 0.90–0.18 (83%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Nielsen – Grabovski – Strome9:20

    xG 0.54–0.08 (87%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  3. Grabner – Kulemin – Nelson9:19

    xG 0.31–0.09 (77%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  4. Grabovski – Clutterbuck – Cizikas2:14

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan17:49

    xG 1.14–0.15 (89%)attempts 24–10goals 0–0

  2. Strait – Hickey12:57

    xG 0.66–0.23 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy16:28

    xG 0.61–0.46 (57%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare7:56

    xG 0.62–0.14 (81%)attempts 11–5goals 2–1

  2. White – Simmonds – Laughton8:25

    xG 0.05–0.09 (35%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Schenn13:47

    xG 0.58–0.74 (44%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  4. Umberger – Read – Couturier14:17

    xG 0.20–0.81 (20%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Del Zotto13:55

    xG 0.73–0.77 (49%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  2. Streit – Del Zotto2:23

    xG 0.04–0.11 (25%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Schultz16:23

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 11–11goals 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 2.0 xGNYI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 64/100 · #393 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 64% 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).