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Tue, Mar 26, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 5, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 55% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR11526210531
PHI01211319234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:54NYRRick NashAssists: Derek Stepan, Dan Girardi · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:14NYRBrad RichardsPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Michael Del Zotto · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:46NYRDerek StepanGWGAssists: Rick Nash · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:53PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 6:28PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, Bruno Gervais · Deflected, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:42NYRRick NashAssists: Carl Hagelin, Derek Stepan · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P3 12:13NYRChris KreiderAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Brad Richards · Snap, 0.13 xG5–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:35PHIAndrej Meszaros: Holding2 min
  2. P2 1:58PHISimon Gagne: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:00NYRBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 18:20PHILuke Schenn: Roughing2 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 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
31Shots on goal34
2.5Expected goals2.8
61Shot attempts63
41Faceoffs won25
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
23Hits27
20Blocked shots18
3Giveaways13
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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestAsham – Pyatt – Newbury6:31

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Boyle – Kreider10:14

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Nash – Hagelin – Stepan15:18

    xG 0.79–0.80 (50%)attempts 20–15goals 3–0

  4. Gaborik – Callahan – Miller12:41

    xG 0.70–0.71 (50%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh8:27

    xG 0.42–0.09 (83%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Eminger – McDonagh13:29

    xG 0.77–0.47 (62%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

  3. Stralman – McDonagh3:45

    xG 0.17–0.03 (83%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTalbot – Giroux – Voracek6:56

    xG 0.49–0.06 (89%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Hartnell – Simmonds – Schenn11:01

    xG 0.66–0.57 (54%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Gagne – McGinn – Read2:47

    xG 0.04–0.06 (41%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – McGinn6:48

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 5–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Schenn14:11

    xG 0.82–0.58 (59%)attempts 15–14goals 0–2

  2. Coburn – Gervais18:11

    xG 0.78–0.68 (54%)attempts 21–17goals 1–0

  3. Meszaros – Schenn3:38

    xG 0.18–0.35 (34%)attempts 6–5goals 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 2.8 xGNYR 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 69/100 · #235 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 55% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

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

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