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Sat, Jan 18, 2025·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 71% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI061527318
NJD130406113

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:17NJDDougie HamiltonAssists: Nathan Bastian, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:56PHIMatvei MichkovAssists: Sean Couturier · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:44PHIBobby BrinkPPGWGAssists: Noah Cates, Tyson Foerster · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:58PHITravis KonecnyENAssists: Tyson Foerster, Noah Cates · Wrist, 0.68 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:32PHITravis Konecny: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:44NJDLuke Hughes: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 15:55PHIJamie Drysdale: Holding2 min
  4. P3 12:17NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hughes won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
18Shots on goal13
3.1Expected goals2.0
59Shot attempts64
22Faceoffs won21
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
10Hits18
33Blocked shots25
18Giveaways21
8Takeaways4

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. bestCouturier – Farabee – Michkov10:19

    xG 0.75–0.15 (84%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Cates – Brink – Foerster10:57

    xG 0.69–0.16 (82%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Hathaway – Lycksell7:27

    xG 0.21–0.15 (59%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  4. Konecny – Tippett – Frost12:47

    xG 0.21–0.15 (58%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York16:26

    xG 1.07–0.27 (80%)attempts 18–14goals 0–1

  2. Seeler – Drysdale12:31

    xG 0.61–0.27 (69%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

  3. Ristolainen – Zamula16:15

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestCotter – Mercer – Halonen8:49

    xG 0.30–0.21 (59%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Tatar – Lazar – Bastian9:03

    xG 0.04–0.12 (25%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Noesen – Meier – Hischier9:19

    xG 0.08–0.30 (21%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Bratt – Hughes11:57

    xG 0.12–0.78 (13%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamilton – Siegenthaler2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Pesce – Hughes15:50

    xG 0.26–0.60 (30%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

  3. Siegenthaler – Kovacevic12:50

    xG 0.05–0.49 (9%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

NJD 2.0 xGPHI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #1048 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 71% 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).