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Sun, Mar 20, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 64% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1601308127
PHI013213011237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:50NYICasey CizikasUnassisted · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:22PHIKevin HayesAssists: Travis Konecny, Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:55PHIKevin HayesPPGWGAssists: Joel Farabee, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:23NYICasey Cizikas: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:56PHIJoel Farabee: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 7:47NYIAnders Lee: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 13:14NYIKieffer Bellows: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:39NYIZdeno Chara: 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
27Shots on goal37
2.0Expected goals2.7
58Shot attempts65
28Faceoffs won27
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
19Hits12
17Blocked shots20
10Giveaways8
5Takeaways3

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. bestParise – Barzal – Wahlstrom11:59

    xG 0.93–0.27 (78%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Palmieri – Pageau8:30

    xG 0.27–0.11 (70%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier11:23

    xG 0.13–0.34 (27%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  4. Martin – Cizikas – Bellows7:28

    xG 0.27–0.69 (28%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock13:51

    xG 0.57–0.22 (72%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Dobson12:14

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Pulock2:08

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Willman – MacEwen5:58

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  2. Lindblom – Tippett – Frost7:54

    xG 0.40–0.14 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – van Riemsdyk – Atkinson10:42

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Konecny – Farabee11:34

    xG 0.14–0.66 (18%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov2:04

    xG 0.23–0.00 (98%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – Provorov2:58

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim16:21

    xG 0.66–0.69 (49%)attempts 14–16goals 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 2.7 xGNYI 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #1079 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 64% 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).