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Sat, Apr 8, 2023·UBS Arena, Elmont

Philadelphia Flyers 0, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0150408027
NYI1821013421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:19NYIScott MayfieldGWGAssists: Simon Holmstrom, Bo Horvat · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:50NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:06NYISamuel BolducAssists: Bo Horvat, Simon Holmstrom · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:21NYIHudson FaschingAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 10:11PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 4:25NYIKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 9:08PHIBrendan Lemieux: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 14:12NYINoah Dobson: High sticking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Frost
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYI
27Shots on goal21
2.2Expected goals2.0
58Shot attempts55
16Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits17
20Blocked shots15
11Giveaways7
1Takeaways5

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. bestHayes – Tippett – Cates7:58

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  2. Deslauriers – Allison – Laczynski2:11

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Konecny – Cates2:36

    xG 0.11–0.08 (57%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Allison6:08

    xG 0.32–0.32 (49%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov2:56

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

  2. Provorov – York14:06

    xG 0.56–0.56 (50%)attempts 15–10goals 0–2

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim14:36

    xG 0.30–0.54 (36%)attempts 15–18goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Horvat – Holmstrom9:43

    xG 0.56–0.21 (73%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  2. Parise – Pageau – Fasching10:22

    xG 0.42–0.31 (57%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:12

    xG 0.22–0.28 (45%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall11:03

    xG 0.19–0.43 (30%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Bolduc9:20

    xG 0.41–0.19 (69%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Pelech – Dobson3:12

    xG 0.18–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Aho4:21

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 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 2.0 xGPHI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1303 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 52% of the time.

NYI winsPHI wins

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

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