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Tue, Jan 25, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 90% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI280415317
NYI29114110433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:57PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:48PHIJustin BraunAssists: Cam Atkinson, James van Riemsdyk · Slap, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:37NYINoah DobsonAssists: Zdeno Chara, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:15NYIAnders LeeAssists: Mathew Barzal, Josh Bailey · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:42NYIMathew BarzalPPAssists: Zach Parise, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:30PHIGerry MayhewAssists: Scott Laughton, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 11:51NYIZach PariseGWGAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Brock Nelson · Slap, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:02PHIZack MacEwen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 4:17PHIZack MacEwen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:20PHIJustin Braun: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 0:00NYIScott Mayfield: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 0:00PHITravis Konecny: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 4:34NYIMatt Martin: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:46PHIMorgan Frost: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
17Shots on goal33
1.3Expected goals4.0
36Shot attempts65
23Faceoffs won31
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
19Hits28
16Blocked shots10
12Giveaways11
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. Giroux – Lindblom – Konecny10:58

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  2. Bunnaman – MacEwen – Sandin4:17

    xG 0.01–0.04 (26%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Willman – Mayhew – Frost8:25

    xG 0.16–0.40 (29%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Atkinson – Laughton10:26

    xG 0.26–0.63 (29%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ristolainen – Sanheim11:18

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  2. Yandle – Ristolainen2:15

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

  3. Braun – Provorov15:53

    xG 0.27–0.53 (34%)attempts 10–16goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas10:19

    xG 0.64–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Pageau – Wahlstrom8:13

    xG 0.48–0.17 (73%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  3. Bailey – Lee – Barzal6:37

    xG 0.52–0.25 (68%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  4. Nelson – Beauvillier – Bellows5:17

    xG 0.23–0.05 (82%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pelech15:38

    xG 0.84–0.22 (79%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  2. Chara – Dobson12:32

    xG 0.77–0.47 (62%)attempts 14–10goals 2–0

  3. Chara – Greene3:28

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 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 4.0 xGPHI 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 80/100 · #309 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 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 York Islanders win this game 90% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).