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Sat, Mar 9, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 5, New York Islanders 2

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
PHI21035010525
NYI1601318227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:30NYIScott MayfieldAssists: Nick Leddy, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:20PHIRyan HartmanAssists: Ivan Provorov, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:56PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Jakub Voracek, Travis Sanheim · Backhand, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:34PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Travis Sanheim · Slap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:35PHINolan PatrickAssists: Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.32 xG4–1
  6. P2 17:26PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–1
  7. P3 16:28NYINick LeddyAssists: Mathew Barzal, Ryan Pulock · Backhand, 0.23 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:12NYIRyan Pulock: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:02PHIRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:28PHISean Couturier: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 5:41PHIJakub Voracek: Interference5 min
  5. P3 5:41NYIJosh Bailey: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 10:55NYIScott Mayfield: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 10:55NYIScott Mayfield: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 11:56NYILeo Komarov: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 11:56PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 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 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
25Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals2.4
47Shot attempts59
23Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes18
18Hits26
16Blocked shots14
17Giveaways23
9Takeaways5

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Couturier – Lindblom6:29

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Patrick5:59

    xG 0.46–0.41 (53%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  3. Laughton – Raffl – Konecny6:43

    xG 0.11–0.07 (60%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Knight – Varone – Hartman5:59

    xG 0.03–0.10 (24%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov11:07

    xG 0.95–0.49 (66%)attempts 11–14goals 4–0

  2. Gudas – Hagg10:57

    xG 0.19–0.15 (56%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Myers10:56

    xG 0.14–0.30 (32%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Nelson3:16

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Lee – Nelson4:43

    xG 0.28–0.08 (78%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  3. Dal Colle – Barzal – Beauvillier8:22

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  4. Komarov – Martin – Cizikas7:59

    xG 0.04–0.31 (12%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock10:13

    xG 0.41–0.08 (84%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Leddy – Mayfield9:43

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  3. Boychuk – Toews10:54

    xG 0.09–0.70 (12%)attempts 7–11goals 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 2.4 xGPHI 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 42/100 · #735 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).