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Sun, Jan 22, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New York Islanders 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI0151191815347
NYI1811301304238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:25NYINick LeddyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:47NYIAlan QuineAssists: Shane Prince, Dennis Seidenberg · Backhand, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:10PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Brayden Schenn, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:47PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:20PHIClaude GirouxGWGAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek · Wrap-around, 0.21 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:07NYICasey Cizikas: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:35NYINikolay Kulemin: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 10:10PHIIvan Provorov: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 12:17PHISean Couturier: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 17:07NYICal Clutterbuck: Tripping2 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 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
47Shots on goal38
4.4Expected goals4.5
83Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
12Hits23
18Blocked shots15
14Giveaways21
10Takeaways9

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. bestVandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov8:01

    xG 0.30–0.06 (83%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Read – Cousins – Couturier11:57

    xG 0.77–0.71 (52%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Schenn – Konecny11:50

    xG 0.61–0.70 (47%)attempts 12–11goals 2–1

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl13:32

    xG 0.54–1.48 (27%)attempts 15–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gostisbehere16:09

    xG 0.63–0.19 (77%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Gudas15:00

    xG 0.97–1.47 (40%)attempts 18–23goals 1–1

  3. MacDonald – Provorov15:30

    xG 0.73–1.27 (36%)attempts 18–14goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee11:06

    xG 1.95–0.69 (74%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

  2. Chimera – Prince – Quine8:07

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 5–17goals 1–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas11:41

    xG 0.19–0.36 (35%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Nelson – Strome – Beauvillier9:19

    xG 0.26–0.45 (37%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Pelech15:39

    xG 1.03–0.80 (56%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Hickey15:03

    xG 1.15–0.95 (55%)attempts 13–22goals 0–1

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan14:10

    xG 0.74–0.57 (56%)attempts 13–17goals 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.

NYI 4.5 xGPHI 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 80/100 · #215 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 52% 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).