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Tue, Jan 18, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI191719061431
PHI11211416020334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:08NYIRobin SaloAssists: Mathew Barzal, Zach Parise · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:39PHIJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Cam York, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:28NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:54PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:05PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Cam Atkinson, Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:32NYICasey CizikasAssists: Scott Mayfield, Cal Clutterbuck · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  2. 2. NYI Anthony Beauvillier stopped
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. NYI Mathew Barzal stopped
  5. 5. PHI Cam Atkinson stopped
  6. 6. NYI Brock Nelson stopped
  7. 7. PHI Joel Farabee stopped
  8. 8. NYI Josh Bailey stopped
  9. 9. PHI Scott Laughton stopped
  10. 10. NYI Kieffer Bellows stopped
  11. 11. PHI Morgan Frost stopped
  12. 12. NYI Noah Dobson stopped
  13. 13. PHI James van Riemsdyk stopped
  14. 14. NYI Zach Parise stopped
  15. 15. PHI Gerry Mayhew stopped
  16. 16. NYI Jean-Gabriel Pageau stopped
  17. 17. PHI Ivan Provorov stopped
  18. 18. NYI Oliver Wahlstrom scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:14PHIJoel Farabee: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:43NYIRobin Salo: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:37NYIBrock Nelson: Boarding2 min
  4. P3 0:33NYIZdeno Chara: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 8:32NYIZdeno Chara: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 8:32PHIZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 16:14PHITravis 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% 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
31Shots on goal34
2.5Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
25Hits27
17Blocked shots20
9Giveaways10
4Takeaways5

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. bestBailey – Barzal – Beauvillier3:02

    xG 0.24–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier10:28

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  3. Pageau – Bellows – Wahlstrom8:07

    xG 0.44–0.64 (41%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:21

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Mayfield2:36

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

  2. Mayfield – Pelech12:19

    xG 0.53–0.60 (47%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  3. Salo – Dobson3:50

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Atkinson – Farabee11:23

    xG 0.73–0.21 (78%)attempts 16–10goals 1–1

  2. Laughton – Lindblom – Konecny12:12

    xG 0.73–0.23 (76%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Willman – Bunnaman – MacEwen6:16

    xG 0.33–0.30 (52%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Lindblom – Mayhew2:11

    xG 0.04–0.11 (27%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov15:16

    xG 0.94–0.33 (74%)attempts 18–11goals 1–1

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim15:37

    xG 0.53–0.29 (64%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ristolainen6:22

    xG 0.54–0.34 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 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 2.9 xGNYI 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #183 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.38 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 58% 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).