Philadelphia FlyersPHI 5–1 Final New Jersey DevilsNJD

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Philadelphia FlyersPHI	2	2	1	5	20
New Jersey DevilsNJD	1	0	0	1	24

Playoff odds, %	Change
PHI	+13.7
NJD	-0.2
CBJ	-4.8
NYI	-4.8
WSH	-1.8
OTT	-1.7

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Apr 7, 2026 6:16 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
1:56	PHI	Trevor Zegras (24) Travis Sanheim (26), Owen Tippett (23) · wrist xG 0.13	1–0 ▶
3:38	PHI	Trevor Zegras (25)PP Porter Martone (3), Jamie Drysdale (23) · tip-in xG 0.13	2–0 ▶
12:12	NJD	Cody Glass (18) Jonas Siegenthaler (14), Lenni Hameenaho (6) · deflected xG 0.14	2–1 ▶
2nd Period
2:46	PHI	Tyson Foerster (12) Matvei Michkov (27) · snap xG 0.18	3–1 ▶
4:58	PHI	Tyson Foerster (13) Trevor Zegras (40), Matvei Michkov (28) · wrist xG 0.15	4–1 ▶
3rd Period
17:09	PHI	Nick Seeler (3)EN Unassisted · wrist xG 0.42	5–1 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

PHI 30%Deserve to win70% NJD

PHI		NJD
2.05	Expected goals	2.70
5	Goals (no shootout)	1
1.15	Expected goals, 5 on 5	1.73
27	Shot attempts	64
24	Unblocked attempts	47
20	Shots on goal	24

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
15:22	NJD	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · NJD takes the lead, 61–39% PHI had led since 3:15 of the 1st, by as much as 71%
2nd Period
2:46	NJD	Goalie	Goalie · Markstrom −2.1 goals saved 3 goals on 0.92 xG, 8 shots on goal
3rd Period
15:04	NJD	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Markstrom, down 4–1 With 4:56 left
17:01	NJD	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Markstrom, down 4–1 With 2:59 left; PHI scored at 17:09 of the 3rd (5–1)

Shot map

PHI shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NJD shoots

About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Philadelphia Flyers

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
22	Christian Dvorak	0	0	0	+1	7	0.17	1	1	17:52
14	Sean Couturier	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	17:25
11	Travis Konecny	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	16:14
94	Porter Martone	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	2	15:44
71	Tyson Foerster	2	0	2	+3	5	0.60	0	1	15:19
74	Owen Tippett	0	1	1	+2	1	0.16	1	0	14:57
46	Trevor Zegras	2	1	3	+2	2	0.26	0	1	13:50
41	Luke Glendening	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	13:46
39	Matvei Michkov	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	0	13:46
27	Noah Cates	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	0	0	13:25
86	Denver Barkey	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	13:00
20	Alex Bump	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	3	1	11:31
Defense
6	Travis Sanheim	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	24:45
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	23:34
8	Cam York	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	1	21:45
9	Jamie Drysdale	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	3	17:49
24	Nick Seeler	1	0	1	+1	1	0.42	0	2	16:00
36	Emil Andrae	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	13:23

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Dan Vladar	24	1	23	.958	2.70	+1.70

New Jersey Devils

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
86	Jack Hughes	0	0	0	-2	11	0.55	0	0	22:44
16	Connor Brown	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	0	0	20:05
63	Jesper Bratt	0	0	0	-1	5	0.36	4	0	19:07
28	Timo Meier	0	0	0	-2	7	0.27	0	0	18:16
13	Nico Hischier	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	0	0	17:56
91	Dawson Mercer	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	0	0	17:45
12	Cody Glass	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	1	14:27
47	Paul Cotter	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	5	0	11:55
72	Nick Bjugstad	0	0	0	+1	5	0.11	0	0	11:55
48	Brian Halonen	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	10:16
29	Lenni Hameenaho	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	1	0	10:00
21	Marc McLaughlin	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	09:30
Defense
43	Luke Hughes	0	0	0	-1	4	0.08	1	0	24:09
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	0	0	0	-1	5	0.12	0	0	20:17
7	Dougie Hamilton	0	0	0	-2	4	0.09	0	0	18:50
5	Brenden Dillon	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	17:32
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	17:15
71	Simon Nemec	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	1	16:40

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jacob Markstrom	19	4	15	.789	1.63	-2.37

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Philadelphia Flyers

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
46 Trevor Zegras C	+2.85	+2.20	+0.17	+0.50	0.00	+0.01	-0.03	—	13:50
71 Tyson Foerster R	+2.71	+1.50	+0.39	+0.77	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	15:19
80 Dan Vladar G	+1.70	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.70	60:00
74 Owen Tippett R	+1.57	+0.55	+0.11	+0.79	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	14:57
24 Nick Seeler D	+1.21	+0.75	+0.27	+0.08	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	16:00
39 Matvei Michkov R	+1.05	+1.25	0.00	-0.18	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	13:46
9 Jamie Drysdale D	+0.71	+0.55	+0.02	-0.02	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	17:49
6 Travis Sanheim D	+0.40	+0.70	0.00	-0.37	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	24:45
94 Porter Martone R	+0.38	+0.70	+0.05	-0.47	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	15:44
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D	+0.24	0.00	0.00	+0.11	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	23:34
41 Luke Glendening C	+0.14	0.00	+0.06	+0.06	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	13:46
14 Sean Couturier C	-0.02	0.00	+0.03	-0.14	0.00	+0.09	0.00	—	17:25
8 Cam York D	-0.21	0.00	0.00	-0.22	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	21:45
36 Emil Andrae D	-0.29	0.00	0.00	-0.27	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	13:23
52 Denver Barkey C	-0.31	0.00	0.00	-0.16	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	13:00
22 Christian Dvorak C	-0.32	0.00	+0.11	-0.46	0.00	+0.02	+0.01	—	17:52
11 Travis Konecny R	-0.54	0.00	0.00	-0.52	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	16:14
20 Alex Bump L	-0.57	0.00	+0.05	-0.63	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	11:31
27 Noah Cates L	-0.71	0.00	+0.08	-0.58	-0.15	-0.06	0.00	—	13:25

New Jersey Devils

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
12 Cody Glass C	+1.27	+0.75	+0.09	+0.37	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	14:27
29 Lenni Hameenaho R	+0.66	+0.55	0.00	+0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	10:00
43 Luke Hughes D	+0.62	0.00	+0.05	+0.57	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	24:09
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D	+0.55	+0.70	0.00	-0.20	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	17:15
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D	+0.54	0.00	+0.08	+0.46	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	20:17
72 Nick Bjugstad C	+0.39	0.00	+0.07	+0.32	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:55
16 Connor Brown R	+0.29	0.00	+0.23	+0.09	0.00	-0.02	0.00	—	20:05
63 Jesper Bratt L	+0.29	0.00	+0.23	+0.10	0.00	-0.01	-0.04	—	19:07
13 Nico Hischier C	+0.26	0.00	+0.12	+0.09	0.00	+0.04	0.00	—	17:56
86 Jack Hughes C	+0.23	0.00	+0.36	+0.11	-0.15	-0.04	-0.04	—	22:44
47 Paul Cotter L	+0.19	0.00	+0.08	+0.13	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	11:55
5 Brenden Dillon D	+0.18	0.00	+0.02	+0.18	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	17:32
21 Marc McLaughlin C	+0.13	0.00	+0.07	+0.10	0.00	-0.02	-0.02	—	9:30
17 Simon Nemec D	+0.11	0.00	+0.03	+0.05	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	16:40
48 Brian Halonen L	+0.10	0.00	+0.02	+0.25	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	10:16
28 Timo Meier R	-0.18	0.00	+0.17	-0.33	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	18:16
91 Dawson Mercer C	-0.27	0.00	+0.08	-0.32	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	17:45
7 Dougie Hamilton D	-0.35	0.00	+0.06	-0.39	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	18:50
25 Jacob Markstrom G	-2.37	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-2.37	58:04

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.