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Fri, Nov 23, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 0, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 91% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0801409031
PHI115018313446

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:21PHITravis KonecnyGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 14:39PHISean CouturierAssists: Travis Konecny, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:58PHIJordan WealENAssists: Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.63 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:23PHISean CouturierAssists: Travis Konecny, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 5:13PHIOskar Lindblom: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 9:52NYRRyan Strome: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 9:52PHITravis Konecny: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 12:41NYRMarc Staal: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:04PHIDale Weise: Holding2 min
  6. P3 14:54PHIRobert Hagg: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00Patrick won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
31Shots on goal46
2.2Expected goals5.6
49Shot attempts77
26Faceoffs won37
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
22Hits26
19Blocked shots10
9Giveaways5
4Takeaways8

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. bestFogarty – Vesey – Andersson5:57

    xG 0.59–0.23 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Hayes – Chytil10:46

    xG 0.77–0.44 (64%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Zuccarello – Fogarty – Andersson2:56

    xG 0.01–0.06 (20%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. Zuccarello – Fast – Zibanejad5:48

    xG 0.28–0.48 (37%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – Pionk13:46

    xG 1.19–1.70 (41%)attempts 14–25goals 0–1

  2. Shattenkirk – Claesson16:42

    xG 0.33–1.29 (21%)attempts 12–20goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – DeAngelo14:51

    xG 0.31–1.51 (17%)attempts 13–21goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Weal12:46

    xG 1.34–0.44 (75%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Weise – Patrick11:45

    xG 1.26–0.51 (71%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny11:37

    xG 1.32–0.72 (65%)attempts 25–10goals 3–0

  4. Laughton – Goulbourne – Lindblom5:20

    xG 0.08–0.19 (29%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Sanheim15:15

    xG 2.73–0.57 (83%)attempts 32–12goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Folin15:43

    xG 1.12–0.10 (92%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  3. Hagg – Provorov14:48

    xG 0.64–1.09 (37%)attempts 15–12goals 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 5.6 xGNYR 2.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 4/100 · #1199 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 91% 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).