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Wed, Mar 17, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 0, New York Rangers 9

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0808010026
NYR2671706929

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:05NYRBrendan LemieuxGWGAssists: Adam Fox, Brett Howden · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:47NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:38NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:38NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Jacob Trouba, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.03 xG0–4
  5. P2 7:30NYRJacob TroubaAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Buchnevich · Snap, 0.02 xG0–5
  6. P2 8:27NYRMika ZibanejadSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–6
  7. P2 14:29NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–7
  8. P2 18:37NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Chris Kreider, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–8
  9. P2 19:39NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Libor Hajek, Alexis Lafrenière · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–9
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:18PHIPhilippe Myers: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:35PHIPhilippe Myers: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 4:48NYRFilip Chytil: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:19NYRRyan Lindgren: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 13:23PHIJustin Braun: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 19:41PHIScott Laughton: Slashing2 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 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
26Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
27Hits16
11Blocked shots11
5Giveaways13
6Takeaways4

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 – Laughton – Farabee5:38

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Andreoff – Raffl – Bunnaman5:39

    xG 0.13–0.03 (79%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Konecny – Patrick4:31

    xG 0.05–0.09 (34%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee6:37

    xG 0.16–0.22 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov7:53

    xG 0.28–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Sanheim4:12

    xG 0.10–0.08 (56%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Myers2:18

    xG 0.03–0.03 (51%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestLemieux – Rooney – Howden9:52

    xG 0.36–0.18 (66%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière11:15

    xG 0.40–0.23 (63%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich10:37

    xG 0.49–0.36 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 3–0

  4. Blackwell – Strome – Panarin9:53

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren10:47

    xG 1.08–0.32 (77%)attempts 15–8goals 3–0

  2. Trouba – Miller14:41

    xG 0.73–0.64 (53%)attempts 13–15goals 3–0

  3. Lindgren – Miller2:05

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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 2.9 xGPHI 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #836 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 69% 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).