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Thu, Oct 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 57% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR19012010131
PHI1100819227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:07PHIMatt ReadSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:56NYRBrad RichardsAssists: Chris Kreider, John Moore · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:33PHIBraydon CoburnGWGAssists: Matt Read, Nicklas Grossmann · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:09NYRBrian Boyle: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 8:26PHITye McGinn: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:32NYRBrad Richards: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:26NYRDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:26PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 6:02NYRBrian Boyle: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 15:09PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 15:09NYRBrandon Mashinter: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 15:09NYRDerek Dorsett: Misconduct10 min
  10. P2 17:00NYRBenoit Pouliot: Boarding5 min
  11. P2 17:00NYRBenoit Pouliot: Game misconduct10 min
  12. P3 3:52PHIClaude Giroux: 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackPHI 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.

NYRPHI
31Shots on goal27
1.8Expected goals2.1
61Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
41Penalty minutes14
24Hits22
12Blocked shots17
6Giveaways15
9Takeaways6

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. bestPouliot – Brassard – Miller6:11

    xG 0.36–0.02 (95%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Brassard – Miller4:02

    xG 0.35–0.01 (96%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Stepan – Kreider14:27

    xG 0.63–0.54 (54%)attempts 19–13goals 1–1

  4. Pyatt – Boyle – Fast6:01

    xG 0.01–0.05 (19%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Del Zotto – Moore13:50

    xG 0.48–0.51 (49%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Stralman13:07

    xG 0.20–0.25 (45%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

  3. Girardi – McDonagh13:32

    xG 0.13–0.51 (20%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Read – Couturier10:40

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  2. Voracek – Schenn – McGinn6:39

    xG 0.24–0.04 (87%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Voracek – Schenn2:37

    xG 0.11–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Talbot – Rinaldo4:01

    xG 0.04–0.04 (47%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Grossmann16:02

    xG 0.60–0.38 (61%)attempts 14–25goals 1–1

  2. Timonen – Gustafsson11:04

    xG 0.31–0.33 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Schenn11:08

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 5–8goals 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 2.1 xGNYR 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #919 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 57% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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