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

New Jersey Devils 2, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 84% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD150719221
PHI171539521

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:07NJDDamon SeversonPPAssists: Marcus Johansson, Miles Wood · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:41PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Travis Sanheim, Jordan Weal · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:56PHINolan PatrickAssists: Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:25NJDBrian BoylePPAssists: Will Butcher, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:50PHIJakub VoracekGWGAssists: Ivan Provorov, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:55PHIWayne SimmondsENAssists: Claude Giroux, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.72 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:36PHIScott LaughtonENAssists: Jakub Voracek, Jori Lehtera · Wrist, 0.74 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:45PHIMichael Raffl: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:17NJDPavel Zacha: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:07NJDKevin Rooney: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:01NJDBlake Coleman: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:28NJDDamon Severson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 2:43NJDBrian Boyle: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 2:43PHIJordan Weal: Embellishment2 min
  8. P2 10:08PHIJordan Weal: Interference2 min
  9. P2 13:55NJDAndy Greene: Interference2 min
  10. P3 1:51PHIJordan Weal: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
21Shots on goal21
1.9Expected goals4.0
45Shot attempts69
16Faceoffs won44
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
28Hits18
27Blocked shots11
17Giveaways7
5Takeaways6

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. bestBoyle – Stafford – Rooney5:57

    xG 0.39–0.15 (73%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Hall – Zacha5:21

    xG 0.11–0.02 (85%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Noesen – Dea5:46

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier6:47

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson9:42

    xG 0.71–0.25 (74%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Vatanen – Butcher2:52

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Butcher – Mueller3:30

    xG 0.04–0.02 (65%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeal – Lindblom – Konecny8:25

    xG 0.30–0.01 (96%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Simmonds – Couturier11:54

    xG 0.52–0.30 (64%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Lehtera – Weise – Raffl6:48

    xG 0.12–0.05 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Laughton – Patrick11:57

    xG 0.56–0.54 (51%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Folin12:39

    xG 0.38–0.06 (86%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Hagg3:21

    xG 0.37–0.09 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Sanheim9:09

    xG 0.43–0.39 (53%)attempts 15–5goals 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 4.0 xGNJD 1.9 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 64/100 · #449 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 84% 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).