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Sun, Mar 1, 2020·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 5, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI3132706526
NYR0915212326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:52PHIMatt NiskanenPPAssists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:19PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:53PHIMichael RafflSHAssists: Derek Grant · Backhand, 0.21 xG3–0
  4. P2 1:23PHIDerek GrantGWGAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Travis Sanheim · Backhand, 0.20 xG4–0
  5. P2 12:34NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Tony DeAngelo · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P2 15:34PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Ivan Provorov · Tip-in, 0.18 xG5–1
  7. P3 5:33NYRPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.15 xG5–2
  8. P3 12:39NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Brett Howden · Backhand, 0.16 xG5–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:23NYRRyan Lindgren: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:36PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:46NYRRyan Strome: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:16PHIKevin Hayes: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:39NYRBrendan Lemieux: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 8:39NYRBrendan Lemieux: Misconduct10 min
  7. P2 12:17PHINate Thompson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 13:20PHITravis Sanheim: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 15:29NYRRyan Strome: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P2 17:13NYRBrett Howden: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 5:21PHIMatt Niskanen: Interference2 min · PPG
  12. P3 11:29PHINate Thompson: Tripping2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
26Shots on goal26
4.5Expected goals4.0
41Shot attempts59
25Faceoffs won26
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes20
25Hits27
13Blocked shots6
9Giveaways9
5Takeaways8

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. bestThompson – Raffl – Aube-Kubel7:28

    xG 0.38–0.05 (89%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier7:55

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Grant – Pitlick8:35

    xG 0.68–0.78 (46%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  4. Hayes – Laughton – Konecny9:38

    xG 0.19–0.56 (25%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Hagg11:38

    xG 0.35–0.08 (81%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Myers13:52

    xG 1.10–0.89 (55%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Niskanen – Provorov12:32

    xG 0.36–1.41 (21%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestZibanejad – Buchnevich – Panarin3:48

    xG 0.80–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Strome – Panarin4:54

    xG 0.15–0.10 (59%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Fast – Di Giuseppe – Chytil3:43

    xG 0.36–0.34 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. McKegg – Lemieux – Gauthier3:48

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Fox6:25

    xG 0.31–0.00 (99%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Trouba10:35

    xG 0.85–0.66 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Staal – DeAngelo9:29

    xG 0.24–0.52 (31%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

NYR 4.0 xGPHI 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #411 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 59% 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).