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Fri, Nov 1, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 4, New Jersey Devils 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 64% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI1101918041431
NJD1617111020326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:24NJDWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Jack Hughes, Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:39PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Sean Couturier, Travis Konecny · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:26PHISean CouturierAssists: Oskar Lindblom · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:28NJDSami VatanenPPAssists: Nico Hischier, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:58NJDTaylor HallAssists: Andy Greene, Kyle Palmieri · Snap, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:29PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Michael Raffl, Matt Niskanen · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  2. 2. NJD Kyle Palmieri stopped
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. NJD Jack Hughes stopped
  5. 5. PHI Sean Couturier scored
  6. 6. NJD Taylor Hall stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:16PHIJustin Braun: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:59NJDKyle Palmieri: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 11:59NJDKyle Palmieri: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 11:59PHIMatt Niskanen: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:59NJDKyle Palmieri: Misconduct10 min
  6. P2 4:51PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Interference2 min
  7. P2 9:39NJDAndy Greene: Holding2 min
  8. P2 13:26PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 15:46NJDMatt Tennyson: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 13:23PHITravis Konecny: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
45% to win55% 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
31Shots on goal26
1.8Expected goals2.6
49Shot attempts46
34Faceoffs won46
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes21
27Hits29
13Blocked shots9
5Giveaways9
5Takeaways4

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. bestCouturier – Lindblom – Konecny7:50

    xG 0.49–0.32 (60%)attempts 11–4goals 2–0

  2. Stewart – Twarynski – Rubtsov6:47

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Raffl – Farabee8:53

    xG 0.18–0.31 (37%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Voracek13:11

    xG 0.19–0.47 (29%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sanheim – Myers10:49

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 7–9goals 2–0

  2. Braun – Sanheim2:48

    xG 0.02–0.02 (47%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Provorov15:53

    xG 0.33–0.54 (38%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Simmonds – Coleman8:36

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Palmieri – Hall – Hughes7:12

    xG 0.40–0.11 (78%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  3. Zacha – Bratt – Hischier10:14

    xG 0.28–0.14 (66%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Bratt – Hischier2:39

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Severson15:26

    xG 0.86–0.38 (69%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Vatanen13:08

    xG 0.30–0.31 (50%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Tennyson – Butcher12:33

    xG 0.05–0.24 (18%)attempts 4–8goals 0–2

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 2.6 xGPHI 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #183 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.23 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 64% 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).