Scoring chances: Game 82, New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers

by ToddtheFox on Apr 10, 2011 9:00 AM EDT in Philadelphia Flyers Game Recaps - 10-11

The Flyers started the first period scoring two goals on two chances. A Flyers powerplay then killed any momentum they had, and the Islanders scored on a Michael Grabner breakaway and a 5v3 goal from Travis Hamonic. Danny Briere would score to put the Flyers ahead 3-2, only for Tavares to even it up just over two minutes later. After 12:05 played, there had been nine scoring chances and six goals. The first period ended with two more chances for each team, but no additional goals.

The Islanders got a power play early in the second period and were able to convert through P. A Parenteau. With 12:16 remaining in the second period, and the teams skating 4v4, the Flyers recorded the next seven chances with Andrej Meszaros scoring to tie the game again. The Islanders rallyed and generated the next five chances, but went unrewarded. Scott Hartnell would score with 1:32 remaining to put the Flyers ahead.

The third period was fairly even, with teams trading chances and the Flyers scoring again through Meszaros. John Tavares tried to get his 30th goal of the season (thanks for letting me know 50 times, MSG announcers), but was unsuccessful.

The final chances were 25-20 in favour of the Flyers, with a 17-11 advantage at even strength. The powerplay had six total chances, and the the penalty kill final differential was 2-9.

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What is a scoring chance? A scoring chance is defined as a clear play directed toward the opposing net from a dangerous scoring area -- loosely defined as the top of the circle in and inside the faceoff dots, though sometimes slightly more generous than that depending on the amount of immediately-preceding puck movement or screens in front of the net.

Blocked shots are generally not included but missed shots are. A player is awarded a scoring chance anytime he is on the ice and someone from either team has a chance to score. He is awarded a "chance for" if someone on his team has a chance to score and a "chance against" if the opposing team has a chance to score.

Thanks to Vic Ferrari's script for allowing this to happen.

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 21218

Team	Period	Time	Note	PHI						Opponent
PHI	1	19:45	Timonen GOAL	5	10	18	21	35	44	6	15	26	36	39	91	5v5
PHI	1	19:14	Hartnell GOAL	19	22	25	35	41	48	12	21	24	39	40	71	5v5
PHI	1	16:32	Carter	17	19	25	35	41	48	12	24	39	57	71		5v4
NYI	1	12:59	Grabner GOAL	6	19	22	35	41	48	12	21	39	40	42	71	5v5
NYI	1	11:54	Bailey	10	18	35	41	44		12	15	26	36	39	91	4v5
NYI	1	10:30	Hamonic GOAL	6	18	35	44			15	21	26	36	39	91	3v5
PHI	1	10:11	Briere GOAL	10	21	25	26	35	48	12	39	40	42	57	71	5v5
PHI	1	9:05	Nodl	5	15	19	35	36	44	21	36	39	40	55	57	5v5
NYI	1	7:55	Tavares GOAL	5	19	22	35	44	48	6	15	26	39	42	91	5v5
PHI	1	6:18	Giroux rbd	17	25	26	28	33	93	6	17	36	39	58	59	5v5
NYI	1	4:53	Okposo	17	25	28	33	41	93	6	12	21	36	39	40	5v5
NYI	2	19:08	Tavares	5	10	28	33	44		12	15	26	36	39	91	4v5
NYI	2	19:07	Paranteau GOAL	5	10	28	33	44		12	15	26	36	39	91	4v5
PHI	2	16:52	Briere ms	17	19	21	25	33	48	6	21	36	39	40		5v4
NYI	2	16:06	Tavares ms	5	13	15	33	44	48	24	26	39	42	57	91	5v5
PHI	2	13:09	Zherdev	17	28	33	41	44	93	12	17	21	36	39	55	5v5
NYI	2	12:21	Martinek ms	5	17	25	33	48		6	24	26	39	91		4v4
PHI	2	12:16	Carter bkaway	5	17	25	33	48		6	24	26	39	91		4v4
PHI	2	12:06	Giroux	21	25	28	33	41		12	15	36	39	71		4v4
PHI	2	12:01	Meszaros GOAL	21	25	28	33	41		12	15	36	39	71		4v4
PHI	2	11:10	Carter ms	17	18	33	44	48		6	28	39	42			4v3
PHI	2	10:10	Carter	17	19	33	41	44	48	6	17	39	40	42		5v4
PHI	2	9:23	Meszaros ms	17	19	33	41	44	48	6	15	17	24	39	57	5v5
PHI	2	8:32	Giroux ms	5	18	28	33	44		12	15	26	36	39	91	4v5
NYI	2	6:54	Reese	5	10	33	36	44		12	21	39	40	42	57	4v5
NYI	2	6:49	Grabner	5	10	33	36	44		12	21	39	40	42	57	4v5
NYI	2	4:50	Joensuu	17	25	28	33	41	93	17	24	39	57	58	71	5v5
NYI	2	3:34	Tavares	5	18	33	36	44		12	15	26	36	39	91	4v5
NYI	2	2:59	Bailey ms	6	10	25	28	33		12	15	26	36	39	91	4v5
PHI	2	2:49	Giroux ms	6	10	25	28	33		12	15	26	36	39	40	4v5
PHI	2	1:32	Hartnell GOAL	17	19	25	33	41	48	17	28	39	42	59	71	5v5
PHI	2	0:04	Briere ms	19	22	25	33	41	48	17	24	28	39	42	57	5v5
PHI	3	16:11	Carcillo rbd	13	15	25	26	28	33	24	26	39	42	57	58	5v5
PHI	3	16:10	Carcillo rbd	13	15	25	26	28	33	24	26	39	42	57	58	5v5
NYI	3	14:52	Tavares	10	21	28	33	41	44	15	24	26	39	71	91	5v5
NYI	3	11:46	Grabner bkaway	6	19	22	33	41	48	6	12	21	36	39	40	5v5
NYI	3	11:09	Haley post	13	15	25	26	33	36	6	17	28	36	39	59	5v5
PHI	3	10:25	Briere ms	17	19	25	33	41	48	12	24	28	39	42		5v4
PHI	3	10:20	Meszaros GOAL	17	19	25	33	41	48	12	24	28	39	42		5v4
NYI	3	9:20	Moulson	15	25	33	36	41		12	15	26	36	39	91	4v5
NYI	3	7:06	Haley redirect	5	19	22	33	44	48	17	36	39	42	58	59	5v5
PHI	3	5:25	Briere	19	22	25	33	41	48	6	15	26	36	39	59	5v5
PHI	3	4:06	Giroux bkaway	5	17	28	33	36	44	12	21	24	39	40	42	5v5
PHI	3	3:12	Briere	5	19	22	33	44	48	17	39	55	57	58	71	5v5
NYI	3	1:15	Tavares	5	15	17	33	36	44	21	36	39	40	42	91	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
5	B. COBURN	18:20	5	5	0:54	0	0	4:44	1	5
6	S. O'DONNELL	10:49	0	2	0:05	0	0	1:29	1	1
10	K. VERSTEEG	12:56	2	1	0:00	0	0	4:50	1	6
13	D. CARCILLO	5:24	2	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
15	A. NODL	8:02	3	3	0:05	0	0	0:50	0	1
17	J. CARTER	14:46	6	4	4:13	6	0	0:00	0	0
18	M. RICHARDS	10:10	1	0	4:38	1	0	2:12	1	2
19	S. HARTNELL	11:49	7	4	3:53	5	0	0:00	0	0
21	J. VAN RIEMSDYK	11:44	4	1	3:19	1	0	0:00	0	0
22	V. LEINO	8:16	4	4	0:59	0	0	0:00	0	0
25	M. CARLE	16:00	11	4	3:39	4	0	2:08	1	2
26	D. SYVRET	10:09	4	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
28	C. GIROUX	13:14	7	3	4:08	0	0	4:17	2	3
33	B. BOUCHER	34:53	13	9	6:21	5	0	6:34	2	7
35	S. BOBROVSKY	8:03	4	2	2:00	1	0	1:37	0	1
36	D. POWE	10:29	2	2	0:00	0	0	4:11	0	4
41	A. MESZAROS	14:39	8	5	3:33	4	0	2:00	0	2
44	K. TIMONEN	16:15	6	5	4:37	2	0	6:03	1	6
48	D. BRIERE	11:58	8	6	4:13	6	0	0:00	0	0
93	N. ZHERDEV	8:58	2	2	2:53	0	0	0:00	0	0

Carle was a stud/beast again, with a +7 differential. Giroux finished +4, Meszaros, Hartnell, JVR and Syvret were +3
O'Donnell was the only negative, with -2

Head to head scoring chances

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	6	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2	12	9	7	3	3	0	0	0	2	6	0	0
3	7	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	25	20	17	11	6	0	0	0	2	8	0	1

Woohoo, Atlantic division champs!

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Hey Todd

How’s it going over here? Didn’t really read the post but thought I would stop by and add a comment for the shits and giggles of it.

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by MJDII on Apr 10, 2011 10:22 AM EDT reply actions

haha, dick.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 10, 2011 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Just lookin out for a brother

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by MJDII on Apr 10, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions

You aren’t even interested in scoring chances? Something that comes directly from watching the game?

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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 10, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

No that is interesting, but I have a pretty short attention span. I should look these over but I am not sure how he establishes them, from the box scores or from watching? Plus since he is down under it isn’t backwards is it?

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by MJDII on Apr 10, 2011 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions

I watch the game, and every time an unblocked shot is taken from within the scoring chance zone I record the time remaining and who shot it. At the end of the game a script compiles all the information from the game records. The H2H matrix is made by Excel wizardry.

Is it an information overload with all the charts, or do you just not care?

Mourning Gagne forever.

by ToddtheFox on Apr 10, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Actually I am pledging to read this but I have to start paying more attention to the chances as they happen. Since coming to this site and trying to be witty in the game threads I have missed a hell of a lot of hockey.

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by MJDII on Apr 10, 2011 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I try my best to recount the events of the first chart in the text at the start of the story, so you can probably ignore that for now.

The next table is interesting as it shows how individual players did under all circumstances, and the head to head chart show the scoring chance differential between players at even strength. I’m really looking forward to compiling this data over a playoff series.

The final table just summarises all the chances under different circumstances.

It’s all just raw data at the moment, as I get a chance to play around with it I will hopefully be able to produce some results that are more meaningful over the long run.

Mourning Gagne forever.

by ToddtheFox on Apr 10, 2011 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Matt Carle! Woooooooo!

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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 10, 2011 11:23 AM EDT reply actions