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Tue, Dec 19, 2023·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 79% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI072120413326
NJD141901003226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:16NJDMichael McLeodAssists: Nathan Bastian, Curtis Lazar · Snap, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:10PHIRyan PoehlingAssists: Joel Farabee · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:44NJDJesper BrattPPAssists: Nico Hischier, Jack Hughes · Snap, 0.43 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:19PHIRyan PoehlingAssists: Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim · Snap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:25PHIOwen TippettGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:44PHIScott Laughton: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:30NJDKevin Bahl: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 13:19NJDLuke Hughes: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:48NJDKevin Bahl: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
26Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals4.3
54Shot attempts59
21Faceoffs won33
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
44Hits39
21Blocked shots12
3Giveaways17
8Takeaways20

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. bestAtkinson – Poehling – Farabee6:41

    xG 0.30–0.09 (76%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Brink9:30

    xG 0.33–0.17 (67%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Laughton – Hathaway4:28

    xG 0.02–0.43 (5%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  4. Hathaway – Poehling – Farabee4:35

    xG 0.07–0.51 (12%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sanheim – York15:30

    xG 0.38–0.37 (51%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – Zamula12:33

    xG 0.44–0.57 (44%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Seeler – Walker15:03

    xG 0.22–1.62 (12%)attempts 11–21goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestLazar – Bastian – McLeod9:16

    xG 1.00–0.03 (97%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  2. Palat – Bratt – Hischier12:47

    xG 1.25–0.36 (78%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  3. Haula – Toffoli – Hughes10:40

    xG 0.27–0.33 (45%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  4. Meier – Mercer – Holtz7:00

    xG 0.06–0.26 (19%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSiegenthaler – Nemec15:29

    xG 0.86–0.37 (70%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  2. Marino – Bahl17:13

    xG 0.51–0.29 (64%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Smith – Hughes11:28

    xG 0.42–0.32 (56%)attempts 10–10goals 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 4.3 xGPHI 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 56/100 · #623 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 79% 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).