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Thu, Mar 30, 2017·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 3, Philadelphia Flyers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01012229341
PHI5190318630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:30PHIDale WeiseAssists: Sean Couturier, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:49PHISean CouturierAssists: Brandon Manning, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:06PHIRadko GudasAssists: Dale Weise, Sean Couturier · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P1 9:19PHIJordan WealGWGAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Valtteri Filppula · Snap, 0.42 xG0–4
  5. P1 15:42PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek · Deflected, 0.21 xG0–5
  6. P2 3:14NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Stephen Gionta, Calvin de Haan · Snap, 0.18 xG1–5
  7. P3 0:40NYIJason ChimeraAssists: Calvin de Haan · Snap, 0.18 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:02NYIAndrew LaddAssists: Casey Cizikas, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:19PHIValtteri FilppulaENAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Chris VandeVelde · Wrist, 0.68 xG3–6
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 8:28PHIDale Weise: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 8:28NYITravis Hamonic: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:54NYIJoshua Ho-Sang: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:53NYIAnders Lee: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:53PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:20PHIBrandon Manning: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 0:00PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 0:00NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 0:00PHIDale Weise: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 0:00NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 5:47PHIBrandon Manning: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 5:47NYIJason Chimera: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 8:48PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: 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 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
41Shots on goal30
3.0Expected goals3.5
80Shot attempts46
34Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
23Penalty minutes23
47Hits43
12Blocked shots27
6Giveaways14
4Takeaways6

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. bestGionta – Clutterbuck – Cizikas7:05

    xG 0.92–0.14 (87%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Chimera – Ladd – Nelson9:12

    xG 0.55–0.57 (49%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  3. Bailey – Tavares – Quine3:27

    xG 0.05–0.10 (35%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Lee10:09

    xG 0.19–0.27 (41%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Leddy3:53

    xG 0.79–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0

  2. Seidenberg – de Haan7:36

    xG 0.43–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Hamonic – de Haan4:01

    xG 0.36–0.07 (83%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeise – Schenn – Couturier8:56

    xG 0.79–0.39 (67%)attempts 11–15goals 3–0

  2. Filppula – Simmonds – Weal10:42

    xG 0.69–0.38 (65%)attempts 8–14goals 1–1

  3. VandeVelde – Schenn – Couturier2:13

    xG 0.06–0.03 (70%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Konecny4:42

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas12:43

    xG 0.87–0.52 (62%)attempts 11–16goals 3–0

  2. MacDonald – Provorov17:14

    xG 0.49–0.47 (51%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  3. Del Zotto – Manning2:07

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

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.

PHI 3.5 xGNYI 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 84/100 · #177 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 59% 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).