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Sun, Nov 28, 2021·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New Jersey Devils 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 77% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI190917225
NJD17114314535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:07NJDDougie HamiltonAssists: Andreas Johnsson, Jesper Bratt · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:03PHIScott LaughtonSHAssists: Ivan Provorov, Sean Couturier · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:47NJDAndreas JohnssonAssists: Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:04PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:57NJDJesper BrattGWGAssists: Andreas Johnsson · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:14NJDNathan BastianAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Michael McLeod · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:04NJDAndreas JohnssonENAssists: Dawson Mercer · Snap, 0.51 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:13NJDRyan Graves: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:53PHIJoel Farabee: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:06PHIZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 6:06NJDMason Geertsen: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 12:56NJDRyan Graves: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 0:00PHIJustin Braun: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 6:44PHICam Atkinson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 8:32NJDJimmy Vesey: Tripping2 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 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against McLeod
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
25Shots on goal35
2.2Expected goals3.9
57Shot attempts69
32Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
26Hits21
21Blocked shots13
5Giveaways6
6Takeaways8

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. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Lindblom8:35

    xG 0.15–0.14 (51%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny9:31

    xG 0.55–0.63 (46%)attempts 16–9goals 0–2

  3. Atkinson – Frost – Farabee8:13

    xG 0.07–0.22 (23%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Willman – Bunnaman – MacEwen6:59

    xG 0.13–0.61 (18%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Seeler2:37

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Provorov3:02

    xG 0.10–0.24 (29%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Seeler7:32

    xG 0.16–0.35 (32%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnsson – Bratt – Mercer8:49

    xG 1.18–0.36 (76%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  2. Tatar – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich9:04

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Geertsen – Bastian – McLeod4:36

    xG 0.10–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Vesey – Zacha – Hischier10:54

    xG 0.31–0.42 (43%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Graves13:16

    xG 1.23–0.56 (69%)attempts 22–13goals 2–1

  2. Severson – Siegenthaler13:23

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Subban – Smith13:10

    xG 0.29–0.41 (42%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

NJD 3.9 xGPHI 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #498 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 77% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

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

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