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Thu, Feb 9, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1811319330
PHI11609010135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:07PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.38 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:40NYIAnders LeePPAssists: John Tavares, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:13NYIJason ChimeraGWGAssists: Andrew Ladd, Dennis Seidenberg · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:21NYICasey CizikasAssists: Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.29 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:50NYIShane Prince: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:15PHIMark Streit: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 2:57NYIBrock Nelson: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 2:57PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 2:57PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 12:27NYIShane Prince: Interference2 min
  7. P3 18:03NYIThomas Hickey: High sticking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
30Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts80
27Faceoffs won19
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
22Hits31
32Blocked shots20
4Giveaways10
4Takeaways1

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee10:02

    xG 0.74–0.24 (76%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Kulemin – Cizikas – Prince12:19

    xG 0.61–0.20 (75%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Chimera – Ladd – Quine10:23

    xG 0.75–0.38 (66%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  4. Nelson – Strome – Beauvillier9:28

    xG 0.06–0.26 (19%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy14:47

    xG 1.05–0.63 (62%)attempts 16–21goals 1–0

  2. Seidenberg – de Haan16:24

    xG 0.24–0.46 (34%)attempts 14–19goals 1–0

  3. Hickey – Pelech14:27

    xG 0.26–0.53 (32%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov6:46

    xG 0.38–0.08 (83%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Weise – Schenn – Read10:12

    xG 0.39–0.31 (55%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Cousins – Couturier11:51

    xG 0.42–0.54 (44%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl12:49

    xG 0.27–0.70 (28%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Provorov13:57

    xG 0.72–0.12 (85%)attempts 27–9goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Gudas11:32

    xG 0.44–0.45 (49%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Gostisbehere15:26

    xG 0.45–0.61 (43%)attempts 10–12goals 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.

PHI 2.5 xGNYI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #968 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 53% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

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

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