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Sat, Nov 26, 2011·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 0, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0708014029
NYR01211119232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:54NYRBrad RichardsPPGWGAssists: Dan Girardi, Michael Del Zotto · Slap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:06NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Ryan McDonagh, John Mitchell · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:04NYRBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:04PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:20PHIWayne Simmonds: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 9:20NYRBrandon Prust: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 11:26NYRBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 11:26PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 18:57PHIAndrej Meszaros: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 6:32NYRRyan McDonagh: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 13:45PHIDaniel Brière: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 8:37NYRBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 8:37PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 10:48NYRRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 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
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Talbot won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
29Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals3.3
59Shot attempts55
33Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
18Penalty minutes18
34Hits22
14Blocked shots21
5Giveaways5
7Takeaways12

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. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek14:51

    xG 0.79–0.37 (68%)attempts 23–13goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Simmonds – Read3:24

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Nodl – Read4:24

    xG 0.01–0.12 (11%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Shelley – Zolnierczyk – Couturier3:50

    xG 0.09–0.23 (28%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Meszaros7:40

    xG 0.48–0.04 (92%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Meszaros2:45

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Carle2:18

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyle – Mitchell – Hagelin7:17

    xG 0.79–0.23 (78%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Fedotenko – Callahan12:28

    xG 0.55–0.45 (55%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Gaborik – Callahan2:04

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

  4. Avery – Dubinsky – Prust5:15

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh18:15

    xG 1.35–0.77 (64%)attempts 22–21goals 1–0

  2. Woywitka – Eminger11:09

    xG 0.38–0.27 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Sauer – Del Zotto13:43

    xG 0.29–0.43 (40%)attempts 10–16goals 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 3.3 xGPHI 2.2 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 1/100 · #1218 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 55% (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, New York Rangers win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

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

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