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Thu, Jan 24, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR050816119
PHI01121705233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:53PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Nicklas Grossmann, Matt Read · Tip-in, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:54PHIJakub VoracekPPGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.53 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:39NYRTaylor PyattPPAssists: Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:37PHITom Sestito: Interference2 min
  2. P1 2:37PHITom Sestito: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:37NYRStu Bickel: Instigator2 min
  4. P1 2:37NYRStu Bickel: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 2:37NYRStu Bickel: Misconduct10 min
  6. P1 4:11NYRDan Girardi: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 14:44PHITye McGinn: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 14:44NYRKris Newbury: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 14:44NYRKris Newbury: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 0:22PHIBraydon Coburn: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 7:25NYRRick Nash: High sticking2 min
  12. P3 9:24PHITye McGinn: High sticking double minor4 min
  13. P3 9:39PHINicklas Grossmann: Hooking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
19Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals3.7
48Shot attempts64
33Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
28Penalty minutes20
25Hits21
15Blocked shots20
9Giveaways8
3Takeaways4

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. bestPyatt – Callahan – Stepan9:26

    xG 0.99–0.55 (64%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Nash – Stepan2:22

    xG 0.17–0.06 (74%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Rupp – Boyle – Hagelin7:21

    xG 0.13–0.09 (58%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Hagelin – Stepan2:14

    xG 0.02–0.17 (10%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh19:21

    xG 1.15–0.94 (55%)attempts 19–29goals 0–1

  2. Eminger – Stralman7:15

    xG 0.03–0.20 (13%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Del Zotto15:29

    xG 0.37–0.92 (29%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestFedotenko – McGinn – Laughton7:44

    xG 0.31–0.05 (87%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Talbot – Voracek – Couturier11:00

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Shelley – Sestito – Wellwood6:27

    xG 0.09–0.10 (49%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Read15:16

    xG 0.95–1.51 (39%)attempts 24–20goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Grossmann12:11

    xG 0.89–0.34 (73%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Gervais – Grossmann2:24

    xG 0.13–0.02 (88%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Coburn2:17

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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 3.7 xGNYR 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #576 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

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

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