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Tue, Mar 5, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 54% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI2806011225
NYR260628420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:30NYRRyan CallahanPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:18PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:07PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Kimmo Timonen · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:19NYRRyan CallahanAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:50NYRRick NashGWGAssists: Dan Girardi · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:42NYRRick NashAssists: Derek Stepan, Ryan Callahan · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:09PHIKimmo Timonen: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:50NYRStu Bickel: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:33NYRRick Nash: Holding2 min
  4. P1 16:53NYRRyan Callahan: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:03PHIBruno Gervais: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 8:49PHISimon Gagne: Holding2 min
  7. P3 12:22PHIScott Hartnell: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 17:06PHIScott Hartnell: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 17:06NYRStu Bickel: Misconduct10 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 Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
25Shots on goal20
2.9Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
18Penalty minutes16
37Hits39
13Blocked shots19
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways5

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. bestBrière – Simmonds – Schenn13:14

    xG 1.17–0.62 (65%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

  2. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek12:07

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Gagne – Talbot – Couturier9:06

    xG 0.04–0.37 (11%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Knuble – Fedotenko – Rinaldo6:24

    xG 0.00–0.38 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Gustafsson2:31

    xG 0.38–0.03 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Gustafsson8:33

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 12–5goals 0–2

  3. Coburn – Gervais6:01

    xG 0.57–0.43 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Boyle – Powe9:42

    xG 0.48–0.19 (71%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Hagelin – Stepan13:16

    xG 0.37–0.41 (48%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Callahan – Miller11:17

    xG 0.78–0.93 (45%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Del Zotto5:33

    xG 0.53–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Girardi9:51

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Del Zotto3:31

    xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

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 2.7 xGPHI 2.9 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 48/100 · #370 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 54% 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).