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Philadelphia Flyers vs. New Jersey DevilsJan 18, 2025

Final· Prudential Center
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PHI
3
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NJD
1
Goals123TShots123T
PHI0123PHI65718
NJD1001NJD34613
PHI 59NJD 64
PHI 2.85NJD 1.42
PP goals
PHI 1NJD 0
Hits
PHI 10NJD 18
Blocks
PHI 33NJD 25
PIM
PHI 4NJD 4
PHI 51%NJD 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Philadelphia Flyers beat New Jersey Devils 3–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at NJD. Noah Cates (PHI) led the scoring with 0G 2A. PHI's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Sanheim, Cates, Brink and Foerster) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:26 together.

  1. Points
    Noah Cates had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:24.Cates
  2. Points
    Tyson Foerster had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:36.Foerster
  3. PP1
    PHI's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Sanheim, Cates, Brink and Foerster) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:26 together.RistolainenSanheimCatesBrinkFoerster
  4. New line
    New look for NJD: Cotter–Mercer–Halonen skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CotterMercerHalonen
  5. New line
    New look for PHI: Laughton–Hathaway–Lycksell skated 7:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LaughtonHathawayLycksell
  6. Usage
    Matvei Michkov (PHI) played 12:58, −3:46 down on his 16:44 season average over 79 games.Michkov
  7. Usage
    Jamie Drysdale (PHI) played 16:22, −3:36 down on his 19:58 season average over 69 games.Drysdale
  8. Usage
    Olle Lycksell (PHI) played 8:45, −3:19 down on his 12:04 season average over 18 games.Lycksell

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, PHI at NJD: 123 attempts, 31 on goal, 4 goals, 4.27 expected goals; best chance Travis Konecny at 0.81 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NJD
  • PHI
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · NJD 64 · PHI 59

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PHI at NJD: expected goals 1.42 to 2.85 (PHI led the chances), shot attempts 64 to 59, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdNJDPHIHMBKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NJD
  • PHI
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NJDPHIcontrol2nd3rdHamilton · 1st 2:17Michkov · 2nd 1:56Brink · 3rd 12:44Konecny · 3rd 19:58
  • NJD pressure
  • PHI pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 31% of the game, NJD 31%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, PHI at NJD: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jake Allen (57:26) for NJD and Samuel Ersson (60:00) for PHI, 4 goals.

NJD
PHI
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatPHINJD
6658
2.200.56
1.910.56
161
80
3125
+0.010−0.011
31%31%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Philadelphia Flyers

Current PHI line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:17
    NJDDougie Hamilton (Nathan Bastian, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.02 xG
    PHI: Laughton, Hathaway, Sanheim, Lycksell, YorkNJD: Tatar, Dillon, Hamilton, Lazar, Bastian
    PHI 0 – 1 NJD

2nd period

  1. 1:56
    PHIMatvei Michkov (Sean Couturier)snap0.22 xG
    PHI: Seeler, Couturier, Farabee, Drysdale, MichkovNJD: Pesce, Cotter, Mercer, Hughes, Halonen
    PHI 1 – 1 NJD

3rd period

  1. 12:44
    PHIBobby BrinkPP (Noah Cates, Tyson Foerster)wrist0.12 xG
    PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Cates, Brink, FoersterNJD: Dillon, Hischier, Kovacevic, Mercer
    PHI 2 – 1 NJD
  2. 19:58
    PHITravis KonecnyEN (Tyson Foerster, Noah Cates)wrist0.81 xG
    PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Konecny, Cates, FoersterNJD: Hamilton, Noesen, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes
    PHI 3 – 1 NJD

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Travis Konecny RL1101+110.8131218:55——4758
Morgan Frost CL1000010.0001016:54——4772
Owen Tippett RL1000000.2212015:41——3667
Noah Cates LL2022+120.5103017:24——4879
Tyson Foerster RL2022+100.0602016:36——4879
Bobby Brink RL2101020.1301014:44——4882
Sean Couturier CL3011+110.0710014:38——6787
Joel Farabee LL3000+130.2610014:21——7187
Matvei Michkov RL3101+110.2301012:58——6988
Scott Laughton CL4000-100.0310013:25——5263
Garnet Hathaway RL4000-110.0201012:04——5059
Olle Lycksell RL4000-100.040208:45——5770
Travis Sanheim DD1000020.1203021:22——5979
Cam York DD1000-110.2902020:22——5979
Rasmus Ristolainen DD2000+100.0015023:37——5078
Egor Zamula DD2000000.0001018:53——4777
Nick Seeler DD3000+110.0025018:59——4981
Jamie Drysdale DD3000+120.0703216:22——5683
PHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Samuel Ersson(start)W13121.9231.4260:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Hughes CL1000-110.1400021:31——4320
Jesper Bratt LL1000-110.1512019:33——4617
Ondrej Palat LL1000000.0011014:48——4417
Nico Hischier CL2000-100.0800019:03——5810
Stefan Noesen RL2000-110.2310017:43——5924
Timo Meier RL2000-110.2821017:28——5719
Nathan Bastian RL3011+110.0131012:00——3831
Tomas Tatar LL3011+100.0010011:00——3523
Curtis Lazar CL3000+100.0011010:48——4432
Dawson Mercer CL4000-120.2702016:08——4127
Paul Cotter LL4000-120.1561014:08——4624
Brian Halonen LL4000-100.0001011:35——4523
Brett Pesce DD1000-100.0000020:35——6117
Luke Hughes DD1000-110.0305219:54——5427
Jonas Siegenthaler DD2000000.0003218:06——4912
Johnathan Kovacevic DD2000010.0311016:43——5219
Dougie Hamilton DD3101020.0403022:05——3323
Brenden Dillon DD3000+100.0013016:59——3519
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)L17152.8822.0557:26

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Dougie Hamilton (NJD) 1st 2:17 · assists Nathan Bastian, Tomas Tatar · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 75.8 mph shot · 7.9 s from entry to goal.

Dougie Hamilton · 1st 2:17 · NJD

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
75.8 mph
Distance
53 ft
Entry to goal
7.9 s

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Travis Konecny · 3rd 19:58 · PHI EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
69.7 mph
Distance
60 ft
Entry to goal
0.7 s

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