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Sat, Nov 28, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 3, New York Rangers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 90% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI04118212334
NYR0100707024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:24PHIWayne SimmondsGWGAssists: Matt Read, Michael Del Zotto · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P3 3:06PHISean CouturierAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.38 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:10PHIWayne SimmondsENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.44 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:58NYRDylan McIlrath: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:58PHILuke Schenn: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 10:58PHILuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 10:58PHILuke Schenn: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 18:57PHIRadko Gudas: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 6:46NYRDylan McIlrath: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:43NYRJarret Stoll: Slashing2 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
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Lindberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
34Shots on goal24
4.1Expected goals1.4
54Shot attempts52
22Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
19Penalty minutes9
26Hits31
17Blocked shots13
8Giveaways9
9Takeaways13

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. bestSimmonds – Read – Couturier9:42

    xG 1.48–0.17 (90%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. VandeVelde – Voracek – Bellemare9:46

    xG 0.34–0.11 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Cousins – Laughton6:32

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Schenn – Raffl9:00

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Medvedev8:13

    xG 0.94–0.12 (89%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – Medvedev7:27

    xG 0.65–0.16 (80%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Del Zotto4:12

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Stoll – Moore – Stalberg12:32

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Hayes – Etem6:42

    xG 0.05–0.04 (52%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Kreider – Hayes2:37

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello7:36

    xG 0.16–0.53 (23%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Staal7:15

    xG 0.13–0.03 (81%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – McIlrath9:16

    xG 0.13–0.19 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Klein – McDonagh4:18

    xG 0.11–0.19 (37%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

NYR 1.4 xGPHI 4.1 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 8/100 · #1171 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 90% 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).