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Sat, Oct 24, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (SO)

Expected result

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

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR11311409031239
PHI112113018052348

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:15PHIMark StreitAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Sam Gagner · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:30NYRJ.T. MillerAssists: Oscar Lindberg, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:07PHIScott LaughtonUnassisted · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:48NYRDerick BrassardPPAssists: Kevin Hayes, Chris Kreider · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Sam Gagner scored
  2. 2. NYR Mats Zuccarello stopped
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  4. 4. NYR Derek Stepan scored
  5. 5. PHI Wayne Simmonds stopped
  6. 6. NYR Dominic Moore stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:20PHIWayne Simmonds: Closing hand on puck2 min
  2. P2 2:52PHIJakub Voracek: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:07NYRChris Kreider: Interference2 min
  4. P3 6:57PHIBrayden Schenn: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 16:35NYRJ.T. Miller: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
47% to win54% 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
39Shots on goal48
3.7Expected goals4.0
70Shot attempts77
37Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
35Hits35
16Blocked shots16
13Giveaways4
4Takeaways9

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. bestStoll – Moore – Stalberg7:04

    xG 0.63–0.10 (86%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  2. Lindberg – Hayes – Miller8:53

    xG 1.19–0.74 (62%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  3. Nash – Stepan – Zuccarello11:17

    xG 0.72–0.32 (69%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Moore – Fast2:26

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Girardi12:01

    xG 1.22–0.44 (74%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  2. Klein – McDonagh15:25

    xG 1.01–0.41 (71%)attempts 19–20goals 0–1

  3. Boyle – Staal11:04

    xG 0.71–0.48 (60%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Simmonds – Read8:26

    xG 0.20–0.15 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl6:15

    xG 0.16–0.27 (37%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare11:30

    xG 0.34–0.75 (31%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Schenn7:10

    xG 0.26–0.70 (27%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Gudas16:12

    xG 1.17–0.44 (72%)attempts 27–14goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Schultz14:31

    xG 0.31–0.66 (32%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  3. Manning – Medvedev12:20

    xG 0.76–1.75 (30%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

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 4.0 xGNYR 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 72/100 · #329 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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.

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).