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Tue, Jan 29, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 56% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI090919127
NYR1111908228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:57NYRMichael Del ZottoAssists: Benn Ferriero · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:31NYRRyan CallahanPPGWGAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Rick Nash · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:09PHIKimmo TimonenPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 15:03PHIZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 17:27NYRRyan McDonagh: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 7:16NYRBrad Richards: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:59NYRDerek Stepan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 11:02PHIMax Talbot: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:42PHIMax Talbot: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 4:42NYRRyan Callahan: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:11NYRMarian Gaborik: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:12NYRMarc Staal: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 15:57NYRMarian Gaborik: 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
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
27Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals3.2
49Shot attempts51
21Faceoffs won40
6Power plays2
6Penalty minutes14
31Hits39
16Blocked shots13
11Giveaways5
2Takeaways9

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. bestKnuble – Brière – Schenn8:10

    xG 0.93–0.42 (69%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Talbot – Voracek – Couturier5:09

    xG 0.17–0.14 (56%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  3. Knuble – Talbot – Couturier3:28

    xG 0.07–0.09 (43%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Schenn – Read2:35

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLilja – Gervais6:00

    xG 0.35–0.18 (67%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  2. Timonen – Schenn13:22

    xG 0.83–0.72 (54%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Grossmann – Schenn2:28

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Gaborik – Nash14:56

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  2. Asham – Rupp – Halpern4:02

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Hagelin – Stepan6:52

    xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Boyle – Ferriero5:21

    xG 0.26–0.66 (28%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh12:00

    xG 1.08–0.13 (90%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Stralman5:40

    xG 0.23–0.04 (86%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Girardi4:28

    xG 0.02–0.05 (31%)attempts 3–3goals 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 3.2 xGPHI 2.8 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 13/100 · #618 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 56% 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).