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Sat, Apr 13, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 0, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 88% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD060509020
PHI0111604121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:50PHITravis KonecnySHGWGAssists: Scott Laughton, Nick Seeler · Snap, 0.28 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:06NJDErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:53NJDBrendan Smith: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 9:49PHICam Atkinson: Holding2 min
  4. P3 10:50NJDKevin Bahl: Holding2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
20Shots on goal21
1.8Expected goals4.2
52Shot attempts47
22Faceoffs won20
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
23Hits30
9Blocked shots22
6Giveaways9
2Takeaways10

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 – Hischier – Clarke4:55

    xG 0.30–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Bratt – Hischier2:59

    xG 0.17–0.05 (76%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Palat – Bowers – Holtz3:47

    xG 0.15–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Meier – Mercer8:17

    xG 0.23–0.13 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarino – Hughes17:41

    xG 0.68–0.52 (57%)attempts 21–6goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Bahl10:44

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Siegenthaler – Nemec14:12

    xG 0.21–0.92 (19%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTippett – Frost – Brink7:46

    xG 1.01–0.22 (82%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Konecny – Poehling – Foerster13:37

    xG 0.44–0.12 (78%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Hathaway – Cates11:07

    xG 0.29–0.18 (61%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Laughton – Farabee6:57

    xG 0.07–0.24 (22%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York17:42

    xG 1.57–0.27 (85%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Zamula12:09

    xG 0.43–0.51 (46%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Drysdale10:42

    xG 0.07–0.20 (26%)attempts 5–13goals 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 4.2 xGNJD 1.8 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 1/100 · #1301 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 88% 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).