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Sun, Jan 16, 2011·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 74% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI21011403327
NYR07019210236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:14PHIJeff CarterAssists: Matt Carle, Ville Leino · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:54PHIVille LeinoAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:25PHIMike RichardsSHGWGAssists: Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P3 9:13NYRWojtek WolskiAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:37NYRDerek StepanAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Wojtek Wolski · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 4:02NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:52PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 12:48NYRMatt Gilroy: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:34PHIAndrej Meszaros: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:32PHIMatt Carle: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:32NYRSean Avery: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 8:32NYRKris Newbury: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 8:32NYRKris Newbury: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 8:32PHIMatt Walker: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 8:32PHIMatt Walker: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 1:01NYRBrandon Prust: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 2:25PHIAndrej Meszaros: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 6:28NYRKris Newbury: Slashing2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackNYR 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.

PHINYR
27Shots on goal36
3.6Expected goals2.2
46Shot attempts73
31Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
15Penalty minutes17
33Hits33
24Blocked shots10
3Giveaways4
7Takeaways7

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Giroux – van Riemsdyk11:29

    xG 1.74–0.68 (72%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  2. Zherdev – Richards – Nodl7:04

    xG 0.53–0.17 (76%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Shelley – Betts – Powe4:49

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Richards – Nodl – Powe2:11

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Meszaros5:48

    xG 0.70–0.20 (78%)attempts 6–8goals 2–1

  2. Walker – Carle8:07

    xG 0.31–0.27 (53%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. O'Donnell – Meszaros9:54

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestWolski – Stepan – Zuccarello7:39

    xG 0.53–0.01 (98%)attempts 12–2goals 2–0

  2. Boyle – Dubinsky – Prust6:52

    xG 0.60–0.20 (75%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Drury – Stepan – Zuccarello3:43

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  4. Fedotenko – Newbury – Wolski3:05

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Sauer13:54

    xG 0.68–0.46 (59%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Sauer2:06

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Gilroy9:35

    xG 0.44–0.51 (46%)attempts 10–6goals 2–0

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.

NYR 2.2 xGPHI 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #460 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 74% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

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

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