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Mon, Dec 23, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 1, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 50% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR08114013135
PHI01217411530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:44NYRJesper FastSHAssists: Brady Skjei, Greg McKegg · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:58PHITravis SanheimAssists: Justin Braun, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:31PHIKevin HayesGWGAssists: Joel Farabee, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:49PHITravis SanheimAssists: Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:15PHIKevin HayesAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Justin Braun · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:02PHINicolas Aube-KubelPPAssists: Travis Sanheim, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.12 xG1–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:55NYRPavel Buchnevich: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:18PHITravis Sanheim: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 8:14PHIPhilippe Myers: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 10:57NYRGreg McKegg: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 1:28NYRRyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 3:16PHIJakub Voracek: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 5:59NYRBrett Howden: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 13:01PHITravis Konecny: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 15:37NYRGreg McKegg: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 18:09NYRTony DeAngelo: Roughing2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% 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
35Shots on goal30
3.2Expected goals3.2
59Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won34
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
18Hits8
10Blocked shots10
3Giveaways7
4Takeaways6

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. bestStrome – Buchnevich – Panarin8:51

    xG 0.85–0.27 (76%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  2. Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad8:35

    xG 0.61–0.54 (53%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Lemieux – Howden – Chytil6:36

    xG 0.03–0.35 (8%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren5:42

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – DeAngelo7:53

    xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. DeAngelo – Fox5:16

    xG 0.14–0.17 (46%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny10:35

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Farabee3:20

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 5–6goals 2–0

  3. Voracek – Frost – Farabee4:38

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Pitlick – Andreoff – Vorobyev4:41

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Sanheim12:03

    xG 1.18–0.54 (69%)attempts 20–11goals 3–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Myers11:22

    xG 0.23–0.28 (44%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Niskanen – Provorov11:16

    xG 0.32–0.59 (35%)attempts 6–15goals 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 3.2 xGNYR 3.2 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 44/100 · #640 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 50% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

Simulated goal difference (PHI − NYR), 10,000 replays

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).