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Sun, Oct 27, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 82% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI25013113331
NYI39212012533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:07PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Travis Sanheim · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:17NYIAnders LeeAssists: Josh Bailey, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P1 4:22NYIDerick BrassardAssists: Brock Nelson · Snap, 0.50 xG1–2
  4. P1 11:46NYIRoss JohnstonAssists: Cole Bardreau · Tip-in, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P1 16:38PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Justin Braun, Kevin Hayes · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 4:13NYIRyan PulockGWGAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–4
  7. P2 5:38NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Anders Lee, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:04PHIClaude GirouxAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:22NYIRoss Johnston: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 4:22PHIChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 5:57PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 14:23NYIRoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 14:23PHIChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 14:23NYICole Bardreau: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 5:52NYIRoss Johnston: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 3:00NYIRyan Pulock: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:57PHIClaude Giroux: 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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
31Shots on goal33
3.9Expected goals6.6
66Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
14Hits34
8Blocked shots23
21Giveaways27
6Takeaways8

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. bestPitlick – Hayes – Farabee6:40

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Couturier – Lindblom – Konecny6:35

    xG 0.76–0.75 (50%)attempts 8–4goals 0–2

  3. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Voracek8:05

    xG 0.48–0.64 (43%)attempts 9–9goals 2–1

  4. Hayes – Raffl – Farabee2:18

    xG 0.14–0.32 (30%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Sanheim11:15

    xG 0.59–0.72 (45%)attempts 15–9goals 3–3

  2. Niskanen – Provorov14:11

    xG 0.84–1.38 (38%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Nelson – Beauvillier9:39

    xG 2.15–0.54 (80%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  2. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Dal Colle9:50

    xG 0.74–0.13 (85%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Johnston – Bardreau – Wahlstrom5:35

    xG 0.42–0.03 (94%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Barzal10:32

    xG 0.78–0.59 (57%)attempts 7–16goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy12:03

    xG 1.92–0.74 (72%)attempts 16–12goals 3–1

  2. Pelech – Pulock12:23

    xG 1.13–0.27 (81%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Mayfield – Toews13:07

    xG 1.42–0.57 (71%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

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.

NYI 6.6 xGPHI 3.9 xG
02468P1P2P3EndxG

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 66/100 · #371 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 82% 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).