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Sun, Feb 20, 2011·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 55% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1921213424
NYR114010115239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:43NYRWojtek WolskiAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Michael Sauer · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:42PHIJeff CarterAssists: Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:52PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jeff Carter, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:26PHIDaniel CarcilloGWGAssists: Braydon Coburn, Darroll Powe · Backhand, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:28NYRDerek StepanAssists: Dan Girardi, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:14PHIKris VersteegENAssists: Braydon Coburn, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.58 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 17:02NYRBrian Boyle: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 3:03NYRDerek Stepan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 12:29NYRWojtek Wolski: Boarding2 min · PPG

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 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
24Shots on goal39
2.6Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts74
30Faceoffs won23
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
28Hits31
21Blocked shots17
4Giveaways2
9Takeaways9

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. bestShelley – Carcillo – Powe6:35

    xG 0.33–0.15 (68%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Brière – Nodl – Leino14:02

    xG 0.31–0.46 (41%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Versteeg – van Riemsdyk13:29

    xG 0.19–0.98 (16%)attempts 10–20goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Carter – Giroux11:35

    xG 0.22–1.09 (17%)attempts 11–18goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn13:21

    xG 0.50–0.37 (57%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  2. Coburn – Carle3:53

    xG 0.15–0.05 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Pronger – Timonen2:49

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestWolski – Stepan – Zuccarello14:58

    xG 1.86–0.24 (88%)attempts 32–6goals 2–0

  2. Dubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov13:23

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Prospal – Gaborik – Christensen4:04

    xG 0.09–0.02 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Prospal – Christensen – Wolski3:23

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSauer – McDonagh19:32

    xG 1.84–0.61 (75%)attempts 37–12goals 1–2

  2. Staal – Girardi19:47

    xG 0.76–0.34 (69%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Sauer2:14

    xG 0.03–0.03 (49%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

NYR 2.9 xGPHI 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #645 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 55% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).