Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sun, Apr 18, 2021·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 1, Philadelphia Flyers 0 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI040901312128
PHI080150601030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 2:23NYINick LeddyGWGAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Jordan Eberle · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 1:36NYICasey Cizikas: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 1:57PHIKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 7:09PHIWade Allison: Holding2 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 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
28Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals2.4
53Shot attempts58
19Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
29Hits27
16Blocked shots11
9Giveaways6
5Takeaways12

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. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Dal Colle12:32

    xG 0.35–0.03 (91%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Eberle – Barzal5:07

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Martin – Cizikas6:17

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Eberle – Barzal4:45

    xG 0.14–0.17 (46%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Leddy4:46

    xG 0.40–0.08 (83%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech2:36

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Mayfield3:54

    xG 0.09–0.08 (55%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Laughton – Konecny8:35

    xG 0.52–0.11 (82%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Allison – Farabee7:29

    xG 0.47–0.14 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Aube-Kubel – Lindblom – Twarynski2:22

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier12:08

    xG 0.19–0.69 (22%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHagg – Sanheim13:55

    xG 0.93–0.20 (82%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Provorov2:21

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov4:46

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 3–3goals 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 2.4 xGNYI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 10/100 · #766 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 51% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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