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Thu, Apr 8, 2021·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New York Islanders 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI1718010020227
NYI290606021323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:10NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Ryan Pulock, Anthony Beauvillier · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:13NYIJordan EberleAssists: Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:53PHINicolas Aube-KubelUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:22PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, 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 Mathew Barzal stopped
  6. 6. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  7. 7. NYI Josh Bailey stopped
  8. 8. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  9. 9. NYI Brock Nelson scored
  10. 10. PHI Joel Farabee stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:27PHISamuel Morin: Boarding5 min
  2. P1 7:27PHISamuel Morin: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P2 15:15PHIRobert Hagg: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:12NYIMatt Martin: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:35NYINoah Dobson: Hooking2 min
  6. OT 3:02PHIKevin Hayes: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
27Shots on goal23
3.2Expected goals3.0
56Shot attempts42
33Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
19Penalty minutes4
14Hits29
10Blocked shots19
11Giveaways11
1Takeaways3

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Couturier – Lindblom10:55

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Hayes – Laughton – Farabee7:37

    xG 0.25–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Patrick5:17

    xG 0.12–0.23 (34%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Konecny11:40

    xG 0.26–0.38 (41%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHagg – Sanheim10:15

    xG 0.83–0.38 (69%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg5:15

    xG 0.29–0.02 (94%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Sanheim3:37

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

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Palmieri – Pageau9:16

    xG 0.48–0.24 (67%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Komarov – Eberle – Barzal9:33

    xG 0.63–0.66 (49%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier10:05

    xG 0.23–0.27 (46%)attempts 3–8goals 1–1

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:21

    xG 0.01–0.40 (3%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Mayfield2:21

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock16:12

    xG 0.64–0.70 (48%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Dobson11:27

    xG 0.35–0.42 (45%)attempts 8–10goals 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.

NYI 3.0 xGPHI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 63/100 · #314 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 52% 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).