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Tue, Apr 4, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 0, New Jersey Devils 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 56% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI0100160900035
NJD09090811127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 0:59NJDJohn MooreGWGAssists: Taylor Hall, Kyle Palmieri · Slap, 0.16 xG0–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:42PHITravis Konecny: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:10NJDBen Lovejoy: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 10:20PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 0:35PHIBrayden Schenn: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:20NJDKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:34NJDBen Thomson: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 17:51PHIWayne Simmonds: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 13:54PHIMichael Del Zotto: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 17:06NJDBlake Coleman: Hooking2 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 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Zacha
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
35Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.0
54Shot attempts40
28Faceoffs won23
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
29Hits21
8Blocked shots10
6Giveaways4
4Takeaways9

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. bestWeise – Schenn – Couturier6:56

    xG 0.20–0.07 (75%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – VandeVelde – Vecchione4:56

    xG 0.10–0.08 (56%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Simmonds – Bellemare2:04

    xG 0.04–0.15 (20%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Konecny3:12

    xG 0.01–0.21 (6%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. MacDonald – Provorov12:06

    xG 0.14–0.13 (52%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Del Zotto13:03

    xG 0.31–0.55 (36%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Hall – Zacha11:30

    xG 0.80–0.52 (61%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Bennett – Noesen – Blandisi6:56

    xG 0.19–0.16 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Gazdic – Coleman – Thomson6:58

    xG 0.16–0.21 (42%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Santini11:56

    xG 0.53–0.34 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Severson10:06

    xG 0.20–0.13 (61%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Lovejoy11:35

    xG 0.10–0.38 (21%)attempts 4–14goals 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.

NJD 2.0 xGPHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 37/100 · #741 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 56% 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).