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Thu, Oct 13, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 2, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD110015112237
PHI182829525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:01NJDAlexander HoltzPPAssists: Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:24PHIWade AllisonAssists: Ivan Provorov, Tony DeAngelo · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:39PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Kevin Hayes, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:02PHIMorgan FrostGWGAssists: Tanner Laczynski, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:31PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Kevin Hayes, Tony DeAngelo · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:26NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Jesper Bratt · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:01PHIMorgan FrostENAssists: Tanner Laczynski, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.80 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:05PHIOwen Tippett: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 6:38PHIMorgan Frost: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:26NJDDawson Mercer: Interference2 min
  4. P1 16:18PHIScott Laughton: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 19:27PHITony DeAngelo: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 19:27NJDNathan Bastian: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 4:41NJDDougie Hamilton: Interference2 min
  8. P2 19:48NJDMiles Wood: Hooking2 min · PPG

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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
49% to win51% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against McLeod
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
37Shots on goal25
3.5Expected goals3.1
83Shot attempts44
42Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits28
9Blocked shots28
9Giveaways14
6Takeaways2

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBratt – Sharangovich – Hughes3:34

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 1–0

  2. Haula – Palat – Mercer2:34

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Boqvist – Holtz7:21

    xG 0.42–0.23 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  4. Palat – Hughes – Mercer6:55

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Graves11:25

    xG 0.81–0.60 (58%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Severson – Marino2:34

    xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Graves – Marino2:29

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Allison – Frost2:13

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Laczynski – Frost3:47

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  3. Hayes – Laughton – Konecny9:14

    xG 0.22–0.33 (40%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  4. Tippett – Cates – Farabee2:12

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Seeler – Zamula11:09

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 4–16goals 0–1

  2. DeAngelo – Provorov13:47

    xG 0.61–0.72 (46%)attempts 12–20goals 3–0

  3. Braun – Sanheim13:14

    xG 0.27–0.56 (32%)attempts 8–15goals 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 3.1 xGNJD 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #681 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 57% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

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

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