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Sat, Jan 20, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 1, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 85% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD05114010129
PHI31301107331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:29PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:30PHIValtteri FilppulaGWGAssists: Michael Raffl, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:15PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Travis Konecny, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:12NJDJesper BrattPPAssists: Will Butcher, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 16:28NJDJohn Moore: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 16:28PHIMichael Raffl: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:36PHIScott Laughton: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:15NJDKyle Palmieri: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 4:35PHIBrandon Manning: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:41PHIScott Laughton: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 8:55NJDKyle Palmieri: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 12:23NJDTaylor Hall: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 19:29NJDTravis Zajac: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 3:59PHITravis Konecny: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 19:58PHIRobert Hagg: Cross checking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
29Shots on goal31
1.7Expected goals3.9
55Shot attempts61
19Faceoffs won27
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
15Hits29
17Blocked shots17
7Giveaways5
5Takeaways4

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Zajac – Johansson6:32

    xG 0.27–0.14 (65%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  2. Boyle – Hall – Noesen2:21

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Gibbons – Noesen3:20

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Palmieri – Hall – Zacha2:22

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Butcher2:30

    xG 0.24–0.09 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Butcher9:32

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Vatanen10:08

    xG 0.28–0.61 (31%)attempts 5–7goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny9:47

    xG 0.87–0.14 (86%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Simmonds – Weal – Patrick7:55

    xG 0.86–0.18 (82%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Lehtera – Laughton – Goulbourne3:38

    xG 0.10–0.01 (89%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Voracek – Raffl9:23

    xG 0.30–0.42 (42%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov13:17

    xG 1.37–0.20 (87%)attempts 20–6goals 2–0

  2. MacDonald – Hagg12:02

    xG 0.84–0.39 (69%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gudas11:23

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 8–7goals 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.

PHI 3.9 xGNJD 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1080 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 85% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).