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Thu, Dec 15, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 81% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI071819224
NJD116014019149

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:20NJDJack HughesPPAssists: Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:12PHIScott LaughtonPPAssists: Travis Sanheim, Noah Cates · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:46PHITravis KonecnyGWGAssists: Noah Cates · Slap, 0.29 xG2–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:26PHIKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:43NJDMiles Wood: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 3:47NJDRyan Graves: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:04NJDDougie Hamilton: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 6:02NJDErik Haula: Throwing equipment2 min
  6. P2 8:25NJDMichael McLeod: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 8:25PHINicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 10:55NJDBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 10:55PHIJoel Farabee: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 15:11PHINick Seeler: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 16:33PHITravis Konecny: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cates won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
24Shots on goal49
2.0Expected goals4.1
51Shot attempts81
30Faceoffs won27
5Power plays3
16Penalty minutes20
19Hits11
22Blocked shots18
4Giveaways7
0Takeaways8

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. bestLaughton – Konecny – Cates5:15

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Laughton – Lycksell – Farabee5:06

    xG 0.19–0.20 (49%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Sedlak – MacEwen3:52

    xG 0.04–0.26 (13%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost9:24

    xG 0.38–0.60 (39%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Seeler4:20

    xG 0.10–0.18 (35%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York5:41

    xG 0.07–0.23 (24%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Sanheim9:23

    xG 0.38–0.56 (40%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBratt – Sharangovich – Hughes9:36

    xG 1.12–0.40 (74%)attempts 21–7goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Hischier – Zetterlund7:48

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. McLeod – Boqvist – Holtz6:24

    xG 0.16–0.09 (63%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Wood – Mercer10:17

    xG 0.64–0.58 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Severson8:08

    xG 0.71–0.25 (74%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Graves – Marino13:51

    xG 0.82–0.40 (67%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Siegenthaler12:46

    xG 0.50–0.20 (71%)attempts 17–9goals 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.

NJD 4.1 xGPHI 2.0 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 34/100 · #939 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, New Jersey Devils win this game 81% 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).