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Mon, Feb 6, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Islanders 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 68% of the time.

PHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1151807230
PHI0711108126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:07NYIKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Josh Bailey, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:18NYIMathew BarzalGWGAssists: Noah Dobson, Brock Nelson · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:39PHINicolas DeslauriersAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Nick Seeler · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:14PHIKevin Hayes: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 15:28PHIScott Laughton: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:13NYISebastian Aho: Holding2 min
  4. P2 12:07PHIKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:55NYIKyle Palmieri: 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
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHI
30Shots on goal26
3.3Expected goals2.2
58Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won19
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
27Hits32
19Blocked shots17
6Giveaways11
4Takeaways6

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 – Pageau – Holmstrom6:55

    xG 1.09–0.11 (91%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Horvat – Barzal11:32

    xG 0.85–0.45 (65%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Cizikas – Fasching7:08

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  4. Palmieri – Lee – Nelson9:28

    xG 0.21–0.62 (26%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAho – Dobson10:34

    xG 1.64–0.40 (80%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Romanov14:59

    xG 0.79–0.63 (56%)attempts 17–19goals 0–1

  3. Pelech – Pulock14:31

    xG 0.17–0.37 (32%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Hayes – Laughton – Tippett10:20

    xG 0.35–0.45 (43%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Konecny – Cates7:29

    xG 0.29–0.40 (42%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Brown – Bellows3:05

    xG 0.09–0.21 (30%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

  4. Allison – Frost – Farabee4:55

    xG 0.11–1.09 (9%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Provorov2:08

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – Provorov2:10

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

  3. Sanheim – DeAngelo3:00

    xG 0.13–0.26 (34%)attempts 4–4goals 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 2.2 xGNYI 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 29/100 · #1007 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 68% 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).