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Sat, Nov 29, 2025·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 5, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

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

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI18312112532
NJD16114112332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:18PHIOwen TippettAssists: Christian Dvorak, Trevor Zegras · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:09NJDSimon NemecAssists: Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:53PHIMatvei MichkovAssists: Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:16PHIMatvei MichkovAssists: Travis Konecny, Cam York · Deflected, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:03PHITrevor ZegrasGWGAssists: Owen Tippett · Slap, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P2 19:33NJDTimo MeierPPAssists: Dawson Mercer, Jesper Bratt · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:28NJDDawson MercerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:11PHIOwen TippettENUnassisted · Other, 0.61 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:48NJDSimon Nemec: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 18:45PHIMatvei Michkov: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 16:04NJDBrenden Dillon: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 16:04NJDBrenden Dillon: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 16:04PHISean Couturier: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 17:38PHIMatvei Michkov: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:57PHIGarnet Hathaway: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 13:16PHICam York: Slashing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Abols won the faceoff against Glass
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
32Shots on goal32
3.4Expected goals3.3
48Shot attempts75
28Faceoffs won37
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
20Hits20
23Blocked shots7
12Giveaways16
5Takeaways3

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. bestDvorak – Tippett – Zegras10:50

    xG 0.82–0.41 (67%)attempts 13–17goals 2–1

  2. Couturier – Brink – Michkov8:42

    xG 0.48–0.14 (77%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  3. Hathaway – Abols – Grebenkin8:05

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Konecny – Cates – Foerster10:00

    xG 0.31–0.84 (27%)attempts 5–23goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndrae – Drysdale14:01

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Zamula11:39

    xG 0.65–0.49 (57%)attempts 11–18goals 1–1

  3. Seeler – Drysdale2:32

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Gritsyuk – Mercer9:13

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Meier – Bratt – Hischier13:08

    xG 0.60–0.73 (45%)attempts 19–12goals 1–1

  3. Noesen – Glendening – Lammikko6:46

    xG 0.00–0.56 (0%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Glass – Cotter8:39

    xG 0.01–0.58 (1%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Siegenthaler17:06

    xG 0.95–0.57 (63%)attempts 29–14goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – White11:43

    xG 0.00–0.30 (1%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Hughes – Nemec15:04

    xG 0.57–1.41 (29%)attempts 20–19goals 1–4

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 3.3 xGPHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 78/100 · #347 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 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 52% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

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

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