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Sat, Jan 16, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 66% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR1161409021331
PHI112011110030236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:58PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Sean Couturier, Michael Raffl · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:08NYRJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Henrik Lundqvist · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:49NYRChris KreiderAssists: Rick Nash, Derek Stepan · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:33PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Shayne Gostisbehere stopped
  2. 2. NYR Mats Zuccarello scored
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. NYR Dan Boyle stopped
  5. 5. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:44PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:23PHIMichael Raffl: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:03PHIJakub Voracek: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 8:03NYRDan Boyle: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 9:39NYRDominic Moore: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 13:14NYRDerek Stepan: Delaying game2 min
  7. P3 5:02PHIEvgeny Medvedev: Holding2 min
  8. P3 9:15NYRDerek Stepan: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. OT 4:49PHIShayne Gostisbehere: High sticking2 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 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
31Shots on goal36
2.6Expected goals3.5
57Shot attempts79
26Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
37Hits25
30Blocked shots14
6Giveaways12
7Takeaways6

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. Lindberg – Hayes – Fast7:47

    xG 0.22–0.23 (48%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Glass – Stalberg9:19

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Stepan – Kreider8:38

    xG 0.41–0.54 (43%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

  4. Brassard – Zuccarello – Miller11:41

    xG 0.23–0.43 (35%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Boyle – Yandle9:17

    xG 0.35–0.33 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Staal3:25

    xG 0.02–0.07 (23%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Girardi2:20

    xG 0.01–0.07 (11%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Couturier – Raffl9:27

    xG 0.81–0.34 (70%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds13:35

    xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 24–12goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Read – Laughton8:18

    xG 0.26–0.21 (55%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare7:46

    xG 0.05–0.32 (12%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Medvedev11:49

    xG 0.80–0.31 (72%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Streit – Schultz11:26

    xG 0.66–0.22 (75%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Gostisbehere2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 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 3.5 xGNYR 2.6 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 66/100 · #403 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 66% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

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

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