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Sat, Apr 3, 2021·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New York Islanders 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI010011211000232
NYI1317011031324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:01NYIAnthony BeauvillierPPAssists: Matt Martin, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:40NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:38PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Travis Konecny, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:32PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
  3. 3. NYI Anthony Beauvillier stopped
  4. 4. PHI Nolan Patrick stopped
  5. 5. NYI Oliver Wahlstrom stopped
  6. 6. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  7. 7. NYI Mathew Barzal scored
  8. 8. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:47NYIRoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:47PHISamuel Morin: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:32PHISamuel Morin: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:03PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 15:10NYICal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min
  6. P1 16:06NYICasey Cizikas: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 7:27NYICal Clutterbuck: Elbowing2 min
  8. P3 2:56PHIIvan Provorov: Interference2 min
  9. P3 7:53PHIIvan Provorov: Tripping2 min
  10. OT 4:45PHITravis Sanheim: 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 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
32Shots on goal24
2.9Expected goals3.9
57Shot attempts36
27Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
15Penalty minutes11
25Hits19
6Blocked shots14
6Giveaways8
6Takeaways3

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. bestHayes – Laughton – Patrick8:56

    xG 0.86–0.29 (75%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Konecny8:18

    xG 0.32–0.23 (59%)attempts 11–4goals 2–0

  3. Aube-Kubel – Lindblom – Laczynski5:04

    xG 0.10–0.48 (17%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee9:01

    xG 0.17–0.87 (16%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Sanheim2:15

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Myers2:22

    xG 0.12–0.10 (56%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov2:23

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas5:53

    xG 0.76–0.17 (82%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Komarov – Clutterbuck – Cizikas2:43

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. Martin – Pageau – Wahlstrom2:33

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Eberle – Barzal7:23

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock13:22

    xG 1.21–0.07 (94%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Leddy – Mayfield13:25

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

  3. Greene – Pelech2:05

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

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 3.9 xGPHI 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 67/100 · #281 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 66% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).