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Thu, Dec 22, 2016·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 0, New Jersey Devils 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 58% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI060703016
NJD281915422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:40NJDPA ParenteauPPGWGAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Damon Severson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:26NJDMiles WoodAssists: Adam Henrique · Backhand, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:49NJDAdam HenriqueAssists: Taylor Hall, PA Parenteau · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:38NJDKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Andy Greene, John Moore · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–4
Penalties (23)
  1. P1 6:18PHINick Cousins: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:00PHIMichael Raffl: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:01NJDMiles Wood: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 13:48NJDLuke Gazdic: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 13:48NJDVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 13:48PHIBrandon Manning: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 13:48PHINick Cousins: Roughing2 min
  8. P1 16:30NJDSeth Helgeson: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 16:30PHIDale Weise: Fighting5 min
  10. P1 16:30NJDVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  11. P1 16:30PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  12. P1 16:30PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  13. P1 18:39NJDDamon Severson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  14. P1 18:39PHIClaude Giroux: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  15. P1 0:00NJDMichael Cammalleri: Fighting5 min
  16. P1 0:00PHINick Cousins: Fighting5 min
  17. P1 0:00PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  18. P2 8:31PHIWayne Simmonds: Boarding2 min
  19. P2 19:14NJDJon Merrill: Interference2 min
  20. P3 17:41NJDAdam Henrique: Misconduct10 min
  21. P3 17:41PHIWayne Simmonds: Misconduct10 min
  22. P3 17:41PHIRadko Gudas: Misconduct10 min
  23. P3 17:41PHIWayne Simmonds: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
16Shots on goal22
1.3Expected goals1.6
35Shot attempts32
29Faceoffs won24
2Power plays6
50Penalty minutes32
17Hits17
3Blocked shots12
5Giveaways5
4Takeaways3

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 – Schenn – Konecny10:03

    xG 0.23–0.04 (86%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl3:35

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  3. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov5:55

    xG 0.02–0.01 (57%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds2:17

    xG 0.07–0.08 (45%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gostisbehere12:04

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  2. Del Zotto – Gostisbehere2:41

    xG 0.01–0.02 (21%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas2:43

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Henrique – Wood6:14

    xG 0.29–0.08 (79%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  2. Fiddler – Gazdic – Kalinin6:30

    xG 0.22–0.03 (87%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Zajac – Hall9:10

    xG 0.17–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Fiddler – Gazdic – Palmieri2:20

    xG 0.00–0.02 (13%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson16:04

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Helgeson – Merrill10:07

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Lovejoy – Moore14:10

    xG 0.56–0.84 (40%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

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.

NJD 1.6 xGPHI 1.3 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1182 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 58% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

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

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