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Sun, Jan 12, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01706115138
NYR31311507435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:14NYRDaniel CarcilloUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:42NYRRick NashGWGAssists: Chris Kreider, Ryan McDonagh · Snap, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:24NYRDerick BrassardAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Benoit Pouliot · Slap, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:18NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Brad Richards · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P3 6:49PHIMark StreitPPAssists: Sean Couturier, Vincent Lecavalier · Slap, 0.06 xG1–4
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 6:20NYRDan Girardi: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:08PHINicklas Grossmann: Holding2 min
  3. P1 18:15PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 0:00PHIChris VandeVelde: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 7:05PHILuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 7:05NYRDaniel Carcillo: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 9:48PHIMark Streit: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 11:37PHINicklas Grossmann: Boarding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 4:56NYRMats Zuccarello: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 7:39NYRRyan McDonagh: Holding2 min
  11. P3 19:49PHILuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:49NYRJohn Moore: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 19:49PHIBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 19:49PHIWayne Simmonds: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 19:49NYRDaniel Carcillo: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 19:49PHILuke Schenn: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 19:49NYRBrian Boyle: 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
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
38Shots on goal35
3.1Expected goals3.7
59Shot attempts69
26Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
42Penalty minutes36
31Hits22
18Blocked shots14
10Giveaways17
4Takeaways14

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. bestLecavalier – McGinn – Couturier8:31

    xG 0.26–0.19 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Lecavalier – Giroux – Voracek3:27

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl6:41

    xG 0.26–0.46 (36%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

  4. Hall – Rosehill – VandeVelde3:36

    xG 0.01–0.29 (4%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Coburn – Meszaros2:22

    xG 0.11–0.10 (53%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Grossmann10:45

    xG 0.47–0.46 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Meszaros – Schenn9:35

    xG 0.60–0.60 (50%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Boyle – Carcillo6:56

    xG 0.57–0.14 (80%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Stepan – Kreider8:43

    xG 0.53–0.33 (61%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Pouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello7:50

    xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Richards – Callahan – Hagelin6:48

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh15:03

    xG 0.89–0.68 (57%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  2. Del Zotto – Moore11:40

    xG 0.77–0.69 (53%)attempts 14–16goals 2–0

  3. Staal – Stralman11:45

    xG 0.47–0.48 (49%)attempts 10–10goals 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 3.7 xGPHI 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 · #1039 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 60% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).