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Thu, Nov 4, 2010·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0219010121
PHI083815421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:53NYRBrandon DubinskyPPAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Michal Rozsival · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:12PHIMike RichardsPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Ville Leino · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:32PHIBlair BettsGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:20PHINikolay ZherdevAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:07PHIChris ProngerPPAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Scott Hartnell · Slap, 0.03 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:16NYRDerek Boogaard: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:16PHIJody Shelley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:51NYRMichael Sauer: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 10:05NYRMarc Staal: Boarding2 min
  5. P1 13:22PHIJody Shelley: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 0:00PHIJeff Carter: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 3:16NYRDan Girardi: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  8. P2 10:36NYRDerek Boogaard: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 15:57PHIJeff Carter: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 2:07NYRBrandon Prust: Roughing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 3:32NYRBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 3:32PHIDaniel Carcillo: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 13:24PHIEric Wellwood: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
21Shots on goal21
2.2Expected goals2.0
54Shot attempts42
26Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
20Penalty minutes18
21Hits15
15Blocked shots20
7Giveaways7
8Takeaways6

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov7:07

    xG 0.23–0.04 (87%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  2. Frolov – Christensen – Prust6:22

    xG 0.65–0.46 (59%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Boogaard – Stepan – Grachev2:03

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Fedotenko – Avery – Boyle6:57

    xG 0.06–0.12 (32%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Girardi2:52

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Staal10:58

    xG 0.37–0.01 (97%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Eminger – Sauer9:40

    xG 0.05–0.12 (31%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestShelley – Betts – Carcillo2:31

    xG 0.47–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Carter – Leino8:11

    xG 0.17–0.10 (64%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Zherdev – Giroux – Powe6:15

    xG 0.11–0.26 (30%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  4. Richards – van Riemsdyk – Wellwood8:05

    xG 0.01–0.62 (2%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn6:08

    xG 0.55–0.07 (89%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Pronger – Carle6:19

    xG 0.06–0.09 (40%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Meszaros2:16

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

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.

PHI 2.0 xGNYR 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #752 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

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

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