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Sat, Nov 22, 2025·Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 3, Philadelphia Flyers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD19113113335
PHI41011019629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:37NJDTimo MeierPPAssists: Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:00PHINoah CatesUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:06PHIMatvei MichkovAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P1 12:15PHITyson FoersterAssists: Noah Cates, Travis Konecny · Snap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P1 12:32PHITyson FoersterGWGAssists: Noah Cates, Nick Seeler · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P2 11:42PHIBobby BrinkAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P2 16:16NJDNico HischierAssists: Luke Hughes, Jesper Bratt · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:27NJDNico HischierAssists: Simon Nemec, Jesper Bratt · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–5
  9. P3 15:21PHITrevor ZegrasAssists: Owen Tippett, Christian Dvorak · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:18PHICam York: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:44NJDArseny Gritsyuk: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:38PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:38NJDBrenden Dillon: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 18:26PHIMatvei Michkov: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 18:26NJDArseny Gritsyuk: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 18:26PHIMatvei Michkov: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 1:12NJDNico Hischier: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 10:38NJDSimon Nemec: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 18:00NJDLuke Hughes: Interference2 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
47% to win53% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cates won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
35Shots on goal29
3.3Expected goals3.8
71Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
12Penalty minutes8
28Hits23
4Blocked shots10
14Giveaways13
2Takeaways7

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. bestPalat – Gritsyuk – Mercer3:10

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Meier – Bratt – Hischier12:44

    xG 0.53–0.32 (63%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  3. Brown – Gritsyuk – Mercer7:35

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 7–5goals 0–2

  4. Dadonov – Brown – Lammikko2:36

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHughes – Nemec12:16

    xG 1.13–0.65 (63%)attempts 26–7goals 1–1

  2. Dillon – Cholowski7:27

    xG 0.27–0.29 (49%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Cholowski7:24

    xG 0.21–0.31 (41%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestKonecny – Cates – Foerster9:02

    xG 0.73–0.36 (67%)attempts 8–12goals 3–0

  2. Couturier – Brink – Michkov8:19

    xG 0.62–0.36 (64%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  3. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Abols9:41

    xG 0.26–0.18 (59%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Tippett – Zegras8:58

    xG 0.49–0.44 (53%)attempts 7–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndrae – Drysdale12:59

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  2. Seeler – Sanheim2:03

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. York – Drysdale3:03

    xG 0.14–0.16 (47%)attempts 4–6goals 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 3.8 xGNJD 3.3 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 76/100 · #375 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 58% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).