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Sat, Mar 20, 2021·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New York Islanders 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 79% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11001103124
NYI4130728628

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:11NYIJean-Gabriel PageauPPAssists: Oliver Wahlstrom, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:01NYIJordan EberleGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:03NYICasey CizikasUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P1 15:25NYICasey CizikasAssists: Thomas Hickey, Oliver Wahlstrom · Snap, 0.22 xG0–4
  5. P1 17:52PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:45NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–5
  7. P3 15:46NYIJosh BaileyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:43PHITravis Konecny: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:35NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:35PHIOskar Lindblom: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 0:28NYIAndy Greene: Interference2 min
  5. P2 13:06NYICal Clutterbuck: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:07PHIPhilippe Myers: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 12:54NYIJordan Eberle: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
24Shots on goal28
1.9Expected goals3.8
42Shot attempts51
17Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
27Hits28
14Blocked shots11
20Giveaways14
1Takeaways4

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. bestGiroux – Lindblom – Konecny6:53

    xG 0.30–0.09 (76%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Farabee9:18

    xG 0.26–0.43 (37%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Hayes – Raffl8:31

    xG 0.09–0.64 (12%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  4. Aube-Kubel – Twarynski – Patrick7:29

    xG 0.05–0.63 (8%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Provorov2:11

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Provorov14:06

    xG 0.17–0.68 (20%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Prosser – Gustafsson11:38

    xG 0.33–0.97 (26%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Eberle – Barzal8:38

    xG 0.75–0.26 (74%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Nelson – Dal Colle10:22

    xG 0.50–0.26 (66%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:50

    xG 0.49–0.32 (60%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  4. Pageau – Beauvillier – Wahlstrom8:16

    xG 0.04–0.09 (29%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Mayfield4:57

    xG 0.76–0.02 (97%)attempts 5–2goals 2–0

  2. Leddy – Mayfield7:14

    xG 0.61–0.15 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock12:31

    xG 0.80–0.52 (60%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

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.

NYI 3.8 xGPHI 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #731 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 79% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

-7
-6
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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