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Thu, Feb 6, 2020·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 5, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 78% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD1101534519
PHI09017020046

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:13NJDBlake ColemanGWGAssists: Travis Zajac, P.K. Subban · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:38NJDDamon SeversonPPAssists: Mackenzie Blackwood · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:10NJDPavel ZachaSHAssists: Kevin Rooney · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P3 4:23NJDMiles WoodUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–0
  5. P3 11:16NJDMiles WoodAssists: Mirco Mueller · Backhand, 0.14 xG5–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:58PHITyler Pitlick: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:27NJDJohn Hayden: Holding2 min
  3. P2 1:19PHIKevin Hayes: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:50NJDP.K. Subban: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:04PHITravis Sanheim: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 0:46NJDP.K. Subban: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:29NJDJohn Hayden: Interference2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
19Shots on goal46
1.8Expected goals3.5
33Shot attempts74
17Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits18
16Blocked shots11
9Giveaways9
7Takeaways1

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Simmonds – Wood – Zacha8:58

    xG 0.24–0.51 (32%)attempts 3–13goals 2–0

  2. Zajac – Coleman – Gusev10:39

    xG 0.18–0.46 (28%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

  3. Palmieri – Bratt – Hughes8:09

    xG 0.06–0.40 (12%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Hayden – Rooney – Anderson7:40

    xG 0.05–0.59 (8%)attempts 2–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Butcher – Mueller3:21

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Severson2:17

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Subban12:54

    xG 0.15–0.51 (23%)attempts 4–16goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Couturier – Bunnaman4:12

    xG 0.69–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Pitlick – Hayes – Laughton9:17

    xG 0.45–0.03 (94%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Andreoff – Raffl – Aube-Kubel3:44

    xG 0.31–0.11 (75%)attempts 8–1goals 0–1

  4. Andreoff – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman4:42

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Provorov14:14

    xG 0.75–0.10 (88%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Gostisbehere11:25

    xG 0.53–0.13 (81%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Myers14:37

    xG 0.51–0.29 (64%)attempts 15–6goals 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.

PHI 3.5 xGNJD 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1004 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 78% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

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

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