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Thu, Nov 15, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 3, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 66% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD1100928327
PHI01001009029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45NJDJoey AndersonGWGAssists: Brett Seney, Blake Coleman · Snap, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:52NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Blake Coleman, Travis Zajac · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:58NJDBlake ColemanENAssists: Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.66 xG3–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:41NJDPavel Zacha: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:10NJDSami Vatanen: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:56PHIChristian Folin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:38PHIIvan Provorov: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 9:38NJDMirco Mueller: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 18:10PHINolan Patrick: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 18:10NJDJesper Bratt: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 3:36NJDTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 18:41PHIWayne Simmonds: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 18:41NJDDamon Severson: Misconduct10 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 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
27Shots on goal29
3.0Expected goals4.0
47Shot attempts68
24Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
20Penalty minutes16
32Hits27
14Blocked shots14
9Giveaways8
8Takeaways4

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. bestJohansson – Zacha – Bratt8:19

    xG 0.43–0.31 (59%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall9:35

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Noesen – Wood – Dea8:26

    xG 0.30–0.57 (34%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Coleman – Seney – Anderson7:37

    xG 0.03–0.88 (4%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Mueller5:29

    xG 0.26–0.06 (82%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Butcher – Mueller3:30

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Mueller5:01

    xG 0.12–0.04 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeise – Laughton – Aube-Kubel2:46

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny13:05

    xG 0.82–0.56 (59%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick6:25

    xG 0.53–0.46 (54%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Patrick3:02

    xG 0.03–0.00 (90%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Sanheim12:08

    xG 0.85–0.26 (77%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov2:55

    xG 0.39–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Hagg – Folin3:01

    xG 0.20–0.15 (56%)attempts 4–3goals 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 4.0 xGNJD 3.0 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 8/100 · #1140 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 66% 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).