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Thu, Oct 29, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD013110310433
PHI0711209128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:04PHILuke SchennAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:12NJDTravis ZajacPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Jacob Josefson · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:28NJDKyle PalmieriGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:32NJDTravis ZajacPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Eric Gelinas · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:53NJDAndy GreeneENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.36 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:10PHIBrayden Schenn: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 11:38NJDAndy Greene: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:06PHIChris VandeVelde: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:39PHINick Schultz: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:33PHIScott Laughton: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:12NJDJon Merrill: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 2:16PHIBrayden Schenn: Too many men on the ice2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
33Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts68
38Faceoffs won29
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
31Hits37
21Blocked shots11
11Giveaways10
6Takeaways5

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – O'Neill – Kalinin2:00

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  2. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique12:29

    xG 0.66–0.55 (54%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  3. Tootoo – Josefson – Kalinin8:07

    xG 0.16–0.07 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Zajac – Tlusty – Palmieri11:52

    xG 0.45–0.47 (49%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGelinas – Merrill4:12

    xG 0.30–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Larsson16:12

    xG 0.58–0.41 (58%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Severson4:21

    xG 0.34–0.22 (60%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Simmonds – Read6:40

    xG 0.28–0.09 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – White5:33

    xG 0.18–0.04 (81%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Read4:38

    xG 0.09–0.09 (50%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl8:22

    xG 0.32–0.34 (48%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Streit – Del Zotto17:56

    xG 0.98–1.03 (49%)attempts 24–16goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Manning12:03

    xG 0.17–0.42 (29%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. Schultz – Medvedev10:39

    xG 0.06–0.42 (12%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

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.

PHI 2.7 xGNJD 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #731 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).