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Thu, Mar 25, 2021·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 8, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 61% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR373728822
PHI08218118344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:01NYRRyan StromeAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:53NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:36NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Adam Fox, Ryan Strome · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P2 0:54NYRMika ZibanejadPPGWGAssists: Adam Fox, Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.13 xG4–0
  5. P2 2:06NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Ryan Strome, Adam Fox · Slap, 0.15 xG5–0
  6. P2 2:42NYRK'Andre MillerAssists: Brendan Lemieux, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.02 xG6–0
  7. P2 3:46PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Kevin Hayes, Joel Farabee · Snap, 0.15 xG6–1
  8. P2 13:34PHIKevin HayesPPAssists: Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.14 xG6–2
  9. P3 0:33NYRPavel BuchnevichSHAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.07 xG7–2
  10. P3 1:28PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Travis Konecny, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.08 xG7–3
  11. P3 18:02NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.14 xG8–3
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 9:29NYRBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 9:29PHINicolas Aube-Kubel: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:50PHIJustin Braun: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:12PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 1:15PHISamuel Morin: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:05NYRBrendan Lemieux: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:28NYRBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 19:41NYRJacob Trouba: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 7:35PHINicolas Aube-Kubel: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 7:35NYRRyan Strome: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 12:35PHISean Couturier: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 18:34PHISamuel Morin: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 18:34NYRBrendan Lemieux: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 18:34PHISamuel Morin: Cross checking2 min
  15. P3 18:34PHIScott Laughton: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 18:34PHIMichael Raffl: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 18:34NYRKevin Rooney: Misconduct10 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 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
22Shots on goal44
2.5Expected goals3.2
38Shot attempts67
30Faceoffs won30
5Power plays3
28Penalty minutes42
22Hits27
18Blocked shots8
6Giveaways9
3Takeaways7

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. bestBlackwell – Lemieux – Rooney6:27

    xG 0.51–0.32 (61%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Panarin – Kakko10:41

    xG 0.20–0.22 (47%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich10:12

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  4. Gauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière9:17

    xG 0.29–0.78 (27%)attempts 4–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren11:28

    xG 0.69–0.35 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Trouba – Miller15:33

    xG 0.47–0.80 (37%)attempts 7–13goals 2–0

  3. Smith – Hajek12:54

    xG 0.11–0.75 (13%)attempts 5–15goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Hayes – Farabee8:19

    xG 0.58–0.16 (78%)attempts 10–4goals 1–1

  2. Laughton – Raffl – Aube-Kubel5:12

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick5:33

    xG 0.23–0.08 (74%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Konecny8:42

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Myers14:05

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Braun – Provorov12:00

    xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

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 2.5 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 62/100 · #328 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 61% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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