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Sun, Apr 10, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Philadelphia Flyers 5, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI291929527
NYI270406217

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:58NYINikolay KuleminAssists: Calvin de Haan, Ryan Pulock · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:19NYIMatt MartinAssists: Ryan Pulock, Calvin de Haan · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:15PHIShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:52PHIEvgeny MedvedevPPAssists: Matt Read, Nick Cousins · Deflected, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:38PHIMichael RafflGWGAssists: Scott Laughton, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:50PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Michael Raffl · Snap, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 11:10PHIR.J. UmbergerPPAssists: Michael Raffl, Nick Cousins · Backhand, 0.12 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:44NYIRoss Johnston: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:37NYIBracken Kearns: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:45NYIRoss Johnston: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 1:11PHINick Cousins: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 11:13PHIRadko Gudas: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 12:56PHIAndrew MacDonald: Delaying game2 min
  7. P3 10:59NYIBracken Kearns: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:14PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Delaying game2 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 20:00Cousins won the faceoff against Kearns
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
27Shots on goal17
1.7Expected goals1.1
47Shot attempts33
20Faceoffs won27
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
6Hits17
11Blocked shots11
3Giveaways14
7Takeaways11

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. bestSchenn – Laughton – Raffl10:30

    xG 0.48–0.06 (89%)attempts 10–6goals 2–0

  2. Umberger – Voracek – Weal8:25

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare9:36

    xG 0.08–0.39 (17%)attempts 4–9goals 0–2

  4. Gagner – Read – Cousins12:49

    xG 0.12–0.45 (21%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere17:31

    xG 0.68–0.22 (76%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Medvedev14:19

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  3. Manning – Gudas14:28

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestKearns – Bailey – Prince9:32

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Kulemin – Martin – Strome7:15

    xG 0.46–0.28 (63%)attempts 10–6goals 2–1

  3. Bernier – Nelson – Johnston10:58

    xG 0.02–0.08 (17%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Boulton – Clutterbuck – Quine8:14

    xG 0.00–0.32 (1%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Hickey17:02

    xG 0.34–0.28 (55%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Pulock12:31

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 7–10goals 2–2

  3. Mayfield – Pelech14:46

    xG 0.18–0.41 (31%)attempts 6–10goals 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 1.1 xGPHI 1.7 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 70/100 · #351 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% 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).