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Mon, Mar 15, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 5, New York Rangers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 59% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI2111711111530
NYR063121501424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:47PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Joel Farabee, Justin Braun · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:05PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.00 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:12NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Tarmo Reunanen, Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:52NYRColin BlackwellAssists: Artemi Panarin, Brendan Smith · Slap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:16NYRJulien GauthierAssists: Filip Chytil, Artemi Panarin · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:36PHIJoel FarabeePPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:56NYRKevin RooneyAssists: Brendan Lemieux, Brett Howden · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 5:33PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Ivan Provorov · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–4
  9. OT 3:47PHIJakub VoracekGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG5–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:29NYRJulien Gauthier: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:47PHINicolas Aube-Kubel: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 18:27NYRJulien Gauthier: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:44PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:44NYRBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:44PHINolan Patrick: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 4:53NYRJulien Gauthier: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  8. P3 11:40PHIMichael Raffl: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 15:34NYRRyan Strome: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% 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
30Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals2.9
41Shot attempts52
39Faceoffs won27
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
17Hits29
13Blocked shots4
7Giveaways5
5Takeaways6

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee12:30

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  2. Hayes – Laughton – Konecny9:04

    xG 0.29–0.27 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Patrick7:56

    xG 0.04–0.11 (27%)attempts 3–4goals 0–2

  4. Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Lindblom3:07

    xG 0.12–0.33 (27%)attempts 2–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Myers14:28

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  2. Braun – Provorov15:18

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 10–13goals 2–0

  3. Prosser – Gostisbehere10:53

    xG 0.02–0.51 (4%)attempts 3–11goals 0–3

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestLemieux – Rooney – Howden7:55

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Gauthier – Chytil – Kakko4:09

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière5:22

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Blackwell – Strome – Panarin10:36

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 8–10goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindgren – Hajek11:40

    xG 0.57–0.07 (89%)attempts 12–5goals 2–1

  2. Trouba – Miller15:09

    xG 0.53–0.46 (54%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Reunanen7:30

    xG 0.19–0.15 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

NYR 2.9 xGPHI 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 98/100 · #11 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.77 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, New York Rangers 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).