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Sat, Feb 6, 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 54% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR0708211022328
PHI0712011000228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:16PHIShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:16NYRChris KreiderAssists: Dan Girardi, Mats Zuccarello · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:46PHIRyan WhiteAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Chris VandeVelde · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:47NYRKeith YandleAssists: Jesper Fast, Dan Boyle · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Sam Gagner stopped
  2. 2. NYR Mats Zuccarello scored
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. NYR Derek Stepan scored
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 10:36PHIWayne Simmonds: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  2. P1 10:36PHIWayne Simmonds: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P1 10:36NYRRyan McDonagh: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 10:36NYRRyan McDonagh: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 17:52NYRViktor Stalberg: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 0:46NYRJesper Fast: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 6:17NYRDominic Moore: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 12:49NYROscar Lindberg: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 12:49PHIMatt Read: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 12:49NYROscar Lindberg: Cross checking2 min
  11. P2 14:05PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  12. OT 4:14NYRKeith Yandle: Holding2 min
  13. OT 4:14PHIMichael Del Zotto: Roughing2 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 Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
28Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals2.7
54Shot attempts64
22Faceoffs won24
2Power plays4
19Penalty minutes29
28Hits32
18Blocked shots16
8Giveaways15
5Takeaways4

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. bestBrassard – Kreider – Zuccarello5:35

    xG 0.17–0.03 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello5:23

    xG 0.16–0.09 (64%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Hayes – Miller6:52

    xG 0.09–0.05 (64%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Paille – Glass5:48

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Staal5:23

    xG 0.28–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Klein – Yandle5:45

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Yandle9:14

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Simmonds3:14

    xG 0.28–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Read – Laughton5:08

    xG 0.21–0.05 (81%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Read – Laughton – Raffl2:36

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare8:30

    xG 0.13–0.13 (51%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Gudas3:21

    xG 0.31–0.04 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Gostisbehere13:04

    xG 0.90–0.70 (56%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  3. Gudas – Medvedev10:57

    xG 0.32–0.15 (67%)attempts 11–6goals 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 2.7 xGNYR 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 84/100 · #190 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.28 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).