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Fri, Nov 25, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 72% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR271808323
PHI011010221242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:16NYRDerek StepanAssists: J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:50NYRMatt PuempelAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Josh Jooris · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:33NYRKevin HayesGWGAssists: Nick Holden · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:34PHIChris VandeVeldeAssists: Andrew MacDonald · Deflected, 0.31 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:56PHIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Claude Giroux, Wayne Simmonds · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:17PHIDale Weise: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 8:58NYRBrandon Pirri: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 8:58NYRBrandon Pirri: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:58PHITravis Konecny: Instigator2 min
  5. P1 8:58PHITravis Konecny: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 8:58PHITravis Konecny: Misconduct10 min
  7. P1 19:58PHIBrandon Manning: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 19:58NYRChris Kreider: Fighting5 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
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laughton won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
23Shots on goal42
1.8Expected goals2.9
39Shot attempts78
31Faceoffs won32
2Power plays0
12Penalty minutes26
37Hits30
27Blocked shots11
11Giveaways10
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. bestPuempel – Vesey – Jooris8:23

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Grabner – Hayes – Miller11:23

    xG 0.61–0.68 (47%)attempts 10–18goals 1–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Fast10:17

    xG 0.16–0.39 (29%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Pirri – Zuccarello9:46

    xG 0.17–0.57 (23%)attempts 4–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Skjei14:36

    xG 0.73–0.55 (57%)attempts 14–20goals 2–1

  2. Girardi – McDonagh17:07

    xG 0.38–0.71 (35%)attempts 6–20goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Holden19:33

    xG 0.50–1.15 (31%)attempts 12–27goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVandeVelde – Weise – Laughton7:25

    xG 1.16–0.23 (83%)attempts 11–3goals 1–1

  2. Read – Raffl – Bellemare5:17

    xG 0.33–0.16 (68%)attempts 11–1goals 0–1

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl5:03

    xG 0.13–0.04 (76%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Weise – Laughton2:06

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere13:28

    xG 0.89–0.37 (70%)attempts 23–8goals 1–1

  2. Streit – Provorov14:18

    xG 0.95–0.48 (66%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – Provorov2:32

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 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 2.9 xGNYR 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #442 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 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 72% 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).