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Sun, Feb 14, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI090617122
NYR1901229330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:08NYRDerick BrassardAssists: Keith Yandle, Dan Girardi · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:34NYRDerek StepanGWGAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:54NYRDerek StepanPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Derick Brassard · Snap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:50PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–3
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 0:39PHIWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:39NYRDylan McIlrath: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 0:59PHIRyan White: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 0:59NYRTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 4:14PHIChris VandeVelde: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 4:14NYRMats Zuccarello: Cross checking2 min
  7. P1 9:39PHIMark Streit: Cross checking2 min
  8. P1 12:53NYRMats Zuccarello: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P1 18:11PHINick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 12:45NYRJ.T. Miller: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P2 16:17NYRDylan McIlrath: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 19:15PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 13:42PHIRadko Gudas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  14. P3 15:35PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  15. P3 15:35NYRKevin Klein: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 18:18NYRTanner Glass: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 20:00Cousins won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
22Shots on goal30
4.2Expected goals3.3
70Shot attempts51
31Faceoffs won26
5Power plays4
22Penalty minutes24
20Hits31
14Blocked shots20
10Giveaways16
3Takeaways3

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Simmonds6:46

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Cousins – Raffl5:47

    xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Read – Laughton2:47

    xG 0.08–0.20 (29%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare5:19

    xG 0.06–0.56 (10%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Medvedev2:37

    xG 0.35–0.12 (74%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Schultz7:17

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Medvedev10:35

    xG 0.59–0.65 (47%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Kreider – Zuccarello9:31

    xG 0.95–0.46 (67%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Stalberg – Lindberg – Hayes5:51

    xG 0.40–0.03 (93%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Paille – Glass5:45

    xG 0.19–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Fast – Miller10:20

    xG 0.53–0.43 (55%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Girardi8:55

    xG 0.72–0.45 (62%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – McIlrath5:16

    xG 0.33–0.15 (68%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Yandle2:23

    xG 0.16–0.02 (89%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.3 xGPHI 4.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1039 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 65% 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).