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Fri, Mar 1, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 6, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

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

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI281937624
NJD09212112333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:53PHIJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:16PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:25NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Kenny Agostino, Travis Zajac · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:49NJDJesper BrattAssists: Damon Severson, Nico Hischier · Snap, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:30PHITravis KonecnyUnassisted · Deflected, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:27PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:33PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Travis Sanheim, Jakub Voracek · Deflected, 0.07 xG5–2
  8. P3 16:12PHITravis KonecnyENAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.75 xG6–2
  9. P3 17:48NJDKevin RooneyAssists: Jesper Bratt, Damon Severson · Snap, 0.15 xG6–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:02NJDKurtis Gabriel: Boarding5 min
  2. P1 12:02NJDDrew Stafford: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:59PHIOskar Lindblom: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:39NJDKurtis Gabriel: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 9:57NJDSami Vatanen: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 9:57NJDDamon Severson: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 9:57PHINolan Patrick: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:57PHITravis Konecny: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
24Shots on goal33
3.3Expected goals3.0
37Shot attempts58
18Faceoffs won36
3Power plays1
6Penalty minutes13
17Hits21
11Blocked shots8
4Giveaways8
5Takeaways7

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. bestLindblom – Konecny – Patrick3:14

    xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier4:15

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 2–4goals 2–0

  3. Knight – Varone – Raffl10:50

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Hartman8:47

    xG 0.17–0.31 (36%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gudas – Hagg13:43

    xG 0.45–0.54 (46%)attempts 8–14goals 2–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Myers14:43

    xG 0.22–0.49 (31%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov16:33

    xG 0.46–0.89 (34%)attempts 8–18goals 2–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Agostino – Coleman9:16

    xG 0.83–0.31 (73%)attempts 14–7goals 1–2

  2. Lappin – Bastian – McLeod6:28

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Bratt – Hischier10:19

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  4. Pietila – Gabriel – Rooney5:07

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson11:18

    xG 1.17–0.19 (86%)attempts 16–4goals 3–2

  2. Greene – Yakovlev2:02

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Butcher – Yakovlev2:03

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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.

NJD 3.0 xGPHI 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 77/100 · #303 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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.

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).