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Mon, Mar 22, 2021·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI04061614220
PHI01211401100137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:03PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:06NYIOliver WahlstromAssists: Adam Pelech, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Snap, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:41NYIAnthony BeauvillierGWGAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:26PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 0:17NYIMatt Martin: Holding2 min
  3. P3 18:11NYINick Leddy: 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.

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 Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
20Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals2.3
44Shot attempts63
17Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
26Hits24
17Blocked shots14
3Giveaways11
9Takeaways7

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. bestPageau – Beauvillier – Wahlstrom10:37

    xG 1.09–0.41 (73%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Komarov – Eberle – Barzal9:02

    xG 0.35–0.13 (73%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Dal Colle – Barzal2:05

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Nelson – Dal Colle12:19

    xG 0.03–0.41 (6%)attempts 3–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock17:02

    xG 1.05–0.50 (68%)attempts 14–20goals 1–1

  2. Greene – Leddy14:46

    xG 0.21–0.31 (41%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Mayfield13:33

    xG 0.34–0.99 (26%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestRaffl – Aube-Kubel – Patrick8:32

    xG 0.45–0.06 (88%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Laughton – Konecny12:27

    xG 0.50–0.38 (56%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Lindblom10:37

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee13:03

    xG 0.54–0.88 (38%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Myers15:08

    xG 0.87–0.27 (76%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Provorov16:10

    xG 0.56–0.37 (61%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Sanheim15:17

    xG 0.46–0.82 (36%)attempts 16–11goals 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.

PHI 2.3 xGNYI 2.1 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 40/100 · #500 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 53% 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).