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Thu, Nov 3, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New York Islanders 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI01419113061342
NYI0818110010227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:11PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:31NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Casey Cizikas, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:55NYIDennis SeidenbergAssists: Josh Bailey, Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:02PHIMatt ReadPPAssists: Nick Cousins, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Cal Clutterbuck stopped
  2. 2. PHI Nick Cousins stopped
  3. 3. NYI Josh Bailey stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:46NYIAlan Quine: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:11NYIDennis Seidenberg: Holding2 min
  3. P2 0:42PHISean Couturier: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:25NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:28PHINick Schultz: Interference2 min
  6. P2 18:08PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 17:15NYICasey Cizikas: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:56NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:56PHIBrandon Manning: Roughing2 min
  10. OT 2:34NYIJason Chimera: Holding2 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
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
42Shots on goal27
3.3Expected goals2.1
79Shot attempts43
39Faceoffs won29
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
14Hits30
9Blocked shots18
7Giveaways11
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. bestGiroux – Simmonds – Raffl9:18

    xG 0.44–0.14 (76%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – Schenn – Cousins8:17

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Read – Bellemare – Lyubimov7:48

    xG 0.10–0.14 (40%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Couturier – Konecny12:02

    xG 0.27–0.72 (27%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Provorov14:00

    xG 0.32–0.10 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Gostisbehere11:41

    xG 0.53–0.47 (53%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas18:54

    xG 0.40–0.57 (41%)attempts 20–16goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas4:34

    xG 0.38–0.12 (76%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Prince – Quine2:01

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Tavares – Cizikas3:40

    xG 0.11–0.05 (70%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Lee – Nelson – Strome7:11

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Hickey11:35

    xG 0.62–0.14 (81%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – de Haan18:23

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 12–20goals 1–0

  3. Hamonic – Leddy14:09

    xG 0.30–0.71 (30%)attempts 10–16goals 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.

NYI 2.1 xGPHI 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 85/100 · #157 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 70% 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).