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Sat, Jan 30, 2021·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI0621001101228
PHI26040413317

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:38PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, Scott Laughton · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:55PHIKevin HayesAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:31NYIJordan EberleAssists: Adam Pelech, Brock Nelson · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:46NYIScott MayfieldAssists: Nick Leddy, Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:16PHIScott LaughtonGWGAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.23 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:57NYIMathew Barzal: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:29PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:10PHIJoel Farabee: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 13:04PHINicolas Aube-Kubel: Holding2 min
  5. P3 0:46PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Bunnaman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
28Shots on goal17
2.1Expected goals1.5
55Shot attempts38
22Faceoffs won22
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
31Hits24
11Blocked shots14
10Giveaways10
4Takeaways4

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Lee – Barzal7:42

    xG 0.49–0.07 (88%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Komarov – Eberle – Nelson5:13

    xG 0.33–0.05 (88%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Pageau – Bellows – Wahlstrom6:10

    xG 0.15–0.01 (91%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Barzal4:54

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock13:30

    xG 0.94–0.30 (76%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  2. Mayfield – Pelech2:03

    xG 0.06–0.02 (79%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Pelech2:28

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hayes – Lindblom10:18

    xG 0.30–0.05 (84%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Laughton – Morin – Farabee4:40

    xG 0.03–0.06 (32%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  3. Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman10:36

    xG 0.11–0.21 (34%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Patrick11:38

    xG 0.27–0.42 (40%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Myers12:24

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

  2. Sanheim – Provorov2:34

    xG 0.03–0.01 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Provorov – Myers2:38

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

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 1.5 xGNYI 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #304 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 62% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

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

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