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Sat, Apr 7, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 0, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 84% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR070505017
PHI11331819540

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:34PHIIvan ProvorovGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:24PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:53PHIMichael RafflAssists: Radko Gudas, Brandon Manning · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:59PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Michael Raffl · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 10:11PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:41PHIRadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:41NYRMatt Beleskey: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 2:50NYRMatt Beleskey: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:52NYRSteven Fogarty: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 18:59PHIOskar Lindblom: 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
17Shots on goal40
1.2Expected goals3.1
49Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits15
14Blocked shots18
12Giveaways9
3Takeaways4

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. bestZuccarello – Vesey – Andersson13:18

    xG 0.38–0.12 (76%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Namestnikov – Buchnevich9:50

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Spooner – Hayes – Fogarty11:09

    xG 0.18–0.33 (35%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Chytil11:48

    xG 0.26–0.64 (29%)attempts 12–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Sproul – Skjei10:05

    xG 0.26–0.23 (54%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  2. O'Gara – Skjei5:53

    xG 0.04–0.06 (42%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Sproul – Gilmour6:51

    xG 0.15–0.26 (37%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Raffl11:22

    xG 0.82–0.22 (79%)attempts 16–11goals 3–0

  2. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick12:13

    xG 0.66–0.29 (69%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Lehtera – Read – Laughton10:09

    xG 0.21–0.07 (75%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Simmonds – Konecny13:34

    xG 0.18–0.38 (32%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas15:44

    xG 0.98–0.14 (88%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Sanheim16:09

    xG 0.67–0.47 (59%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov15:42

    xG 0.36–0.21 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

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 3.1 xGNYR 1.2 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 3/100 · #1241 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 84% 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).