Thu, Jan 28, 2021·Prudential Center, Newark
Philadelphia Flyers 3, New Jersey Devils 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 57% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | 14 | 04 | 29 | 317 |
| NJD | 114 | 010 | 010 | 134 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 7:11NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Ryan Murray · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
- P1 9:23PHINate ProsserAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Erik Gustafsson · Tip-in, 0.23 xG1–1
- P3 2:10PHIMichael RafflGWGAssists: Connor Bunnaman, Nicolas Aube-Kubel · Snap, 0.20 xG2–1
- P3 6:26PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.36 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
- P1 15:22PHITravis Sanheim: Interference2 min
- P2 3:40PHINolan Patrick: Slashing2 min
- P2 10:28NJDPavel Zacha: Holding2 min
- P2 13:44PHINicolas Aube-Kubel: Too many men on the ice2 min
- P3 8:07PHIJoel Farabee: Interference2 min
- P3 9:02NJDP.K. Subban: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Patrick won the faceoff against McLeod
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestRaffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman8:44
xG 0.58–0.09 (87%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0
- van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Hayes8:02
xG 0.56–0.56 (50%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1
- Giroux – Konecny – Patrick10:35
xG 0.24–0.43 (36%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0
- Laughton – Lindblom – Farabee7:26
xG 0.05–0.79 (6%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGostisbehere – Provorov13:35
xG 0.59–0.34 (63%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0
- Gostisbehere – Gustafsson2:14
xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0
- Prosser – Gustafsson7:05
xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- bestZajac – Palmieri – Zacha10:34
xG 1.11–0.54 (67%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1
- Johnsson – Bratt – Hughes13:42
xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0
- Gusev – Wood – Sharangovich4:49
xG 0.13–0.36 (26%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1
- Bastian – McLeod – Kuokkanen7:58
xG 0.10–0.37 (22%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSeverson – Smith10:25
xG 0.71–0.13 (85%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0
- Subban – Severson3:41
xG 0.07–0.04 (63%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
- Subban – Murray10:21
xG 0.45–0.57 (44%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.
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 57% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NJD − PHI), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).