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Sat, Mar 27, 2021·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 54% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR180908125
PHI01711218237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:54NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Ryan Strome, Adam Fox · Snap, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:52PHINolan PatrickPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Sean Couturier · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:33PHISamuel MorinGWGAssists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Michael Raffl · Snap, 0.03 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:29PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:12NYRK'Andre Miller: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:48PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:12NYRChris Kreider: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:55NYRKevin Rooney: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:06PHIPhilippe Myers: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 9:45PHIScott Laughton: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackPHI 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.

NYRPHI
25Shots on goal37
2.3Expected goals2.5
52Shot attempts62
18Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
28Hits31
15Blocked shots11
12Giveaways11
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. Strome – Panarin – Kakko10:36

    xG 0.19–0.18 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Blackwell – Lemieux – Rooney7:02

    xG 0.36–0.51 (41%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Gauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière6:49

    xG 0.11–0.27 (29%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich12:02

    xG 0.32–0.72 (31%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren15:09

    xG 0.50–0.35 (59%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Hajek9:44

    xG 0.15–0.25 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Miller16:50

    xG 0.45–1.03 (30%)attempts 14–23goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Couturier – Konecny9:45

    xG 0.49–0.26 (65%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick4:25

    xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Hayes – Farabee9:57

    xG 0.32–0.32 (51%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Raffl – Aube-Kubel6:07

    xG 0.13–0.14 (48%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov12:57

    xG 0.50–0.29 (63%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Myers12:54

    xG 0.65–0.50 (56%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov3:36

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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 2.5 xGNYR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 37/100 · #519 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 54% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

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

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