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Sat, Jan 12, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01219113234
NJD11211014326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:32NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Drew Stafford, Pavel Zacha · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:08NJDNico HischierUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:51PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Sean Couturier, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:18NJDMiles WoodGWGAssists: Nico Hischier, Blake Coleman · Snap, 0.38 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:58PHISean CouturierAssists: Jakub Voracek, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 10:52PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:25PHIRobert Hagg: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:46PHITravis Sanheim: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:53NJDNico Hischier: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:58NJDPavel Zacha: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 13:39PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 13:39NJDBrett Seney: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 18:44PHIOskar Lindblom: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 7:27PHIMichael Raffl: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 12:47PHIJames van Riemsdyk: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 12:47NJDMirco Mueller: High sticking2 min
  12. P3 16:56NJDDamon Severson: 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
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNJD 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.

PHINJD
34Shots on goal26
3.9Expected goals2.5
68Shot attempts51
35Faceoffs won30
3Power plays5
14Penalty minutes10
17Hits10
14Blocked shots14
4Giveaways10
2Takeaways5

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. bestGiroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny7:59

    xG 0.80–0.15 (84%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom8:05

    xG 0.63–0.30 (68%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Weise – Varone – Raffl5:26

    xG 0.05–0.00 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Laughton – Patrick6:52

    xG 0.08–0.10 (45%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Hagg5:42

    xG 0.74–0.10 (88%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Provorov4:17

    xG 0.36–0.05 (88%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov12:01

    xG 0.47–0.32 (59%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Coleman – Wood9:47

    xG 0.45–0.36 (56%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  2. Boyle – Pietila – Seney4:22

    xG 0.00–0.03 (14%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Zacha – Bratt7:15

    xG 0.06–0.22 (20%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Johansson – Palmieri – Hischier9:02

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vatanen – Butcher10:50

    xG 0.38–0.36 (51%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  2. Lovejoy – Mueller11:12

    xG 0.15–0.24 (39%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Severson11:57

    xG 0.87–1.23 (41%)attempts 12–25goals 2–1

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.

NJD 2.5 xGPHI 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #908 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 73% 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).