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Tue, Feb 13, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 5, Philadelphia Flyers 4 (SO)

Expected result

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

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD09312112031536
PHI11331307020435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:54PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:06NJDTaylor HallAssists: Sami Vatanen · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:49PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Michael Raffl, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:36PHIRadko GudasAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Dale Weise · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:17NJDJohn MooreAssists: Travis Zajac, Jesper Bratt · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:59PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P2 16:09NJDNico HischierAssists: Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:39NJDTaylor HallAssists: Nico Hischier, Travis Zajac · Wrist, 0.26 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Jordan Weal stopped
  2. 2. NJD Kyle Palmieri stopped
  3. 3. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  4. 4. NJD Drew Stafford scored
  5. 5. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:34NJDMiles Wood: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 10:11PHIWayne Simmonds: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:49NJDStefan Noesen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P1 13:31PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:40PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 7:40NJDMiles Wood: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 11:04PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 15:10NJDTravis Zajac: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 3:26NJDNick Lappin: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 16:10NJDMiles Wood: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
36Shots on goal35
3.7Expected goals4.0
68Shot attempts65
34Faceoffs won37
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
25Hits26
13Blocked shots14
7Giveaways14
9Takeaways9

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. bestPalmieri – Hall – Hischier3:43

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Hall – Bratt – Hischier2:47

    xG 0.16–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Hayes – Coleman2:01

    xG 0.07–0.02 (77%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  4. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall2:01

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Butcher2:06

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Vatanen16:36

    xG 1.10–0.91 (55%)attempts 20–19goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Butcher6:02

    xG 0.07–0.40 (16%)attempts 5–8goals 1–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Simmonds – Patrick12:11

    xG 0.84–0.33 (72%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny10:25

    xG 0.69–0.43 (62%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Weal – Laughton – Raffl7:06

    xG 0.48–0.24 (66%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  4. Filppula – Lehtera – Weise6:05

    xG 0.08–0.66 (10%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov13:36

    xG 0.62–0.15 (80%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Hagg11:01

    xG 0.69–0.75 (48%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Manning – Gudas12:24

    xG 0.50–0.59 (46%)attempts 11–16goals 1–1

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 4.0 xGNJD 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #76 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.51 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 56% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

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

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