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Wed, Nov 25, 2015·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 84% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI180604118
NYI19112115336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:59PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:02NYICasey CizikasSHAssists: Cal Clutterbuck · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:14NYIKyle OkposoGWGAssists: John Tavares · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:51NYIFrans NielsenENAssists: Anders Lee, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:47NYIJosh Bailey: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:11PHIJakub Voracek: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:36NYINick Leddy: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:50NYINick Leddy: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 5:35NYINick Leddy: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 5:35PHIClaude Giroux: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 5:49PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 12:40NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 12:40PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 12:40NYIMatt Martin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 19:53NYITravis Hamonic: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 19:53PHIClaude Giroux: Misconduct10 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNYI 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.

PHINYI
18Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals3.8
48Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won19
5Power plays2
24Penalty minutes20
30Hits37
22Blocked shots21
11Giveaways10
8Takeaways7

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. bestSimmonds – Read – Couturier9:00

    xG 0.40–0.12 (76%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – Raffl – Bellemare3:31

    xG 0.23–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Schenn3:33

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Schenn – Raffl8:25

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Del Zotto – Gudas17:16

    xG 0.40–0.35 (53%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Schenn15:22

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  3. Manning – Gostisbehere12:56

    xG 0.32–0.98 (24%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBernier – Grabovski – Kulemin9:11

    xG 0.36–0.09 (80%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:51

    xG 0.26–0.11 (70%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Okposo – Tavares – Nelson15:10

    xG 0.48–0.39 (55%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  4. Nielsen – Bailey – Lee10:29

    xG 0.48–0.40 (54%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Leddy15:15

    xG 0.74–0.36 (68%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Zidlicky – Strait9:46

    xG 0.40–0.11 (78%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – de Haan10:11

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 10–9goals 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 3.8 xGPHI 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 33/100 · #856 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 84% 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).