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Tue, Feb 16, 2016·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 6, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 67% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1811048626
NJD1806210324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:01NJDTyler KennedyPPAssists: John Moore, Reid Boucher · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:23PHIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Brayden Schenn, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:55PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:24NJDJordin TootooAssists: Seth Helgeson · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:22PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:12PHINick CousinsGWGAssists: R.J. Umberger, Ryan White · Snap, 0.40 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:12PHIJakub VoracekAssists: R.J. Umberger · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–2
  8. P3 17:44NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: David Schlemko · Snap, 0.08 xG5–3
  9. P3 18:08PHIRyan WhiteENAssists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Chris VandeVelde · Snap, 0.55 xG6–3
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 2:18PHINick Schultz: Interference2 min
  2. P1 5:37NJDTyler Kennedy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 8:10PHIRadko Gudas: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min · PPG
  4. P1 12:25PHIAndrew MacDonald: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 12:25NJDJoseph Blandisi: Embellishment2 min
  6. P1 17:50PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 0:30NJDAdam Larsson: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 0:30PHIBrayden Schenn: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 4:22PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 5:18PHIRyan White: Cross checking2 min
  11. P2 6:42NJDKyle Palmieri: Holding2 min · PPG
  12. P3 7:09PHINick Cousins: Holding2 min
  13. P3 11:33NJDTravis Zajac: Interference2 min · PPG
  14. P3 18:55NJDBobby Farnham: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 18:55NJDBobby Farnham: 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 SOG0NJD
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
26Shots on goal24
2.7Expected goals1.8
38Shot attempts44
25Faceoffs won38
4Power plays7
24Penalty minutes22
23Hits18
7Blocked shots6
5Giveaways3
10Takeaways5

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. bestGagner – Read – Raffl7:29

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Simmonds – Schenn11:03

    xG 0.28–0.16 (65%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare6:39

    xG 0.12–0.09 (56%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Voracek – Cousins7:42

    xG 0.07–0.10 (44%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Medvedev3:48

    xG 0.51–0.12 (81%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Medvedev6:32

    xG 0.36–0.05 (87%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Schultz7:08

    xG 0.14–0.04 (79%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Palmieri – Blandisi2:02

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Henrique – Blandisi4:55

    xG 0.08–0.02 (78%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Kennedy – Josefson – Boucher6:38

    xG 0.08–0.17 (33%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Zajac – Palmieri – Kalinin3:17

    xG 0.09–0.17 (34%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Larsson13:58

    xG 0.10–0.17 (38%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Moore8:39

    xG 0.12–0.23 (35%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  3. Helgeson – Severson9:15

    xG 0.15–0.89 (15%)attempts 4–9goals 1–1

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.

NJD 1.8 xGPHI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #181 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 67% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).