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Sun, Mar 3, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI21021105426
NYI01101316130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:21PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Radko Gudas, Robert Hagg · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:59PHITravis SanheimGWGAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:18PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Michael Raffl · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:14PHISean CouturierAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Claude Giroux · Deflected, 0.11 xG4–0
  5. P3 15:15NYIAdam PelechAssists: Andrew Ladd, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.28 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P3 1:41PHITravis Konecny: Cross checking2 min
  2. P3 1:41PHITravis Konecny: Fighting5 min
  3. P3 1:41NYIJordan Eberle: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 4:26PHIScott Laughton: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 15:44NYIAndrew Ladd: Slashing2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Patrick won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
26Shots on goal30
3.8Expected goals4.0
45Shot attempts62
35Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
21Hits29
19Blocked shots12
12Giveaways16
7Takeaways5

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Laughton – Hartman3:52

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Lindblom10:14

    xG 0.94–0.79 (54%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  3. Knight – Varone – Hartman3:33

    xG 0.11–0.09 (55%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier4:53

    xG 0.15–0.23 (40%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Myers12:26

    xG 1.06–0.90 (54%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Gostisbehere2:15

    xG 0.11–0.06 (63%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Hagg11:52

    xG 0.57–0.84 (40%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Ladd – Komarov8:51

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston6:53

    xG 0.35–0.28 (56%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Lee – Nelson11:21

    xG 1.39–1.34 (51%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  4. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier7:42

    xG 0.45–0.74 (38%)attempts 9–7goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock18:15

    xG 1.53–0.85 (64%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews12:28

    xG 0.77–0.55 (58%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy17:20

    xG 1.00–1.66 (38%)attempts 17–14goals 0–3

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.

NYI 4.0 xGPHI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1086 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

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