New Jersey Devils at Philadelphia Flyers, NHL forecast
Win probability
Starts from the pregame forecast, then moves with every score and the time left. Above the line favors PHI; hover for each play.
Game center
From the ESPN box score.
Top performers
Devils- Cody GlassGoals1
- Brenden DillonAssists1
- Cody GlassPoints1
Flyers- Jamie DrysdaleGoals1
- Tyson FoersterAssists1
- Jamie DrysdalePoints1
Scoring summary
- P319:42Dawson Mercer Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Erik Haula (7), Ondrej Palat (12)3–1
- P315:14Jamie Drysdale Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Konecny (42), Tyson Foerster (14)2–1
- P25:39Erik Haula Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Johnathan Kovacevic (15), Brenden Dillon (11)2–0
- P111:10Cody Glass Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Stefan Noesen (14), Luke Hughes (24)1–0
Turning points
The 4 plays that swung the win chance most, each judged at its own moment: the chance with the score just before it against just after.
- P111:10Cody Glass Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Stefan Noesen (14), Luke Hughes (24)NJ 1 – 0 PHI · NJ 58% → 73% +15NJ 58% → 73%+15 pts
- P25:39Erik Haula Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Johnathan Kovacevic (15), Brenden Dillon (11)NJ 2 – 0 PHI · NJ 74% → 87% +13NJ 74% → 87%+13 pts
- P315:14Jamie Drysdale Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Konecny (42), Tyson Foerster (14)NJ 2 – 1 PHI · PHI <1% → 9% +8PHI <1% → 9%+8 pts
- P319:42Dawson Mercer Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Erik Haula (7), Ondrej Palat (12)NJ 3 – 1 PHI · NJ >99% → 100% +0NJ >99% → 100%+0 pts
The pick
Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point and the closing line.
Devils 59%
Forecast Elo ratings alone
How often that comes true: NHL favorites the forecast gave 55–60% have won 56.4% of 1,035 graded games.
- Market
- NJ 59%
- ML NJ -155 / PHI +135
- Pre-line forecast
- NJ 59%
- Elo + market-implied
- Elo ratings
- NJ 56%
- Ratings vs. market
- −2.7 pts
- NJ: Elo 56.1%, market 58.8%
- Fair odds
- NJ -143
- PHI +143 · the forecast as odds, no margin
- Pregame projection
- NJ 3.0 – 2.5 PHI
- Margin from the forecast, posted total 5.5
How the number is built
Elo inputs in rating points (higher favors that team; 25–28 Elo is about a point of spread in football and basketball), then how the pieces combine.
| Factor | NJ | PHI | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team rating | 1506 | 1453 | Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average |
| Home field | — | +35 | Worth 35 Elo in the NHL |
| Rest | — | −30 | PHI on the second night of a back-to-back |
| Starting goalies | −14 | −9 | NJ: Jake Allen: team allows 0.35 more goals than with its usual starter (≈33 weighted starts) · PHI: Ivan Fedotov: team allows 0.24 more goals than with its usual starter (≈15 weighted starts) |
| Elo ratings | NJ +42 Elo | NJ 56.1% | |
| Market-implied ratings | NJ 59.3% | Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context | |
| Pre-line forecast | NJ 58.6% | 20% Elo, 80% market-implied (log-odds blend) | |
| Forecast | NJ 58.8% | Follows the market (vig removed): in testing, adding the ratings made it less accurate | |
Tale of the tape
This season coming into the game, regular season, each number with its league rank (the longer the bar, the higher). Home and road: the host's record at home against the visitor's on the road. Overtime and shootout losses count as losses in these records. Shot share is a team's share of the shots on goal in its games. PDO adds shooting and save percentages: far from 100 tends to even out.
| NJ | Stat | PHI |
|---|---|---|
| 14th of 323.0 | Goals scored | 2.917th of 32 |
| 2nd of 322.6 | Goals allowed | 3.428th of 32 |
| 8th of 32+0.4 | Margin | −0.528th of 32 |
| 7th of 3252.2% | Shot share | 50.2%13th of 32 |
| 4th of 3291.0% | Save percentage | 88.4%32nd of 32 |
| 19th of 324–6 | Last 10 | 4–619th of 32 |
| 9th of 3217–16 | Road vs home | 15–1724th of 32 |
Rating history
Each team's Elo over the last two seasons. Hover or drag to compare on any date.
Recent form
Last five results, and whether the forecast hit.
Against the line
How each team has done against the closing spread and total, coming into this game.
| This season |  NJ |  PHI |
|---|---|---|
| Puck line | 26–38 | 31–33 |
| Last 10 | 4–6 | 5–5 |
| Favorite | 21–32 | 7–13 |
| Underdog | 5–6 | 24–20 |
| Overs–unders | 23–41 | 32–32 |
| Overs–unders, last 10 | 4–6 | 5–5 |
Against each game's closing line. Books set every line knowing these records: across 3,901 past games, the team with the better record against the spread so far that season covered 51.2%, short of the 52.4% a standard −110 bet needs, and over/under streaks held 48.0% of the time. They describe the past.
Head to head
NJ 3–4 PHI in their last 7 meetings; the forecast called 3 of 7.