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Wed, Jan 25, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New York Rangers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 61% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0808210226
NYR01601107034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 6:09PHIWayne SimmondsPPGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn, Jakub Voracek · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:45PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 1:49PHIMichael Raffl: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:59PHIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 5:35NYRMatt Puempel: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 7:14PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 13:59NYRMats Zuccarello: Interference2 min
  6. P3 19:19NYRRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 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
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
26Shots on goal34
3.2Expected goals2.5
48Shot attempts69
28Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits18
16Blocked shots8
10Giveaways13
6Takeaways8

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. bestRead – Cousins – Couturier9:32

    xG 1.03–0.27 (79%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl13:28

    xG 0.69–0.65 (52%)attempts 11–20goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Schenn – Konecny10:52

    xG 0.50–0.46 (52%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – Bellemare – Lyubimov6:30

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 0–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Gudas15:34

    xG 1.27–0.61 (68%)attempts 19–23goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Gostisbehere11:51

    xG 0.35–0.59 (38%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Provorov17:52

    xG 0.37–0.91 (29%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Miller – Puempel11:07

    xG 1.03–0.68 (60%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  2. Pirri – Lindberg – Vesey6:35

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Zibanejad – Buchnevich10:14

    xG 0.34–0.67 (34%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello13:41

    xG 0.37–0.90 (29%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClendening – Skjei10:59

    xG 0.54–0.40 (58%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Holden – Clendening2:10

    xG 0.14–0.01 (94%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Holden13:22

    xG 0.58–0.52 (53%)attempts 16–9goals 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 2.5 xGPHI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 10/100 · #1099 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 61% 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).