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Fri, Apr 23, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 56% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1709011127
NYR2601028424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:02NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:47PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Jakub Voracek, Sean Couturier · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:56NYRPavel BuchnevichGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Alexis Lafrenière · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:24NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:40NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:11PHIKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:32PHIIvan Provorov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 12:33PHIScott Laughton: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 12:33NYRKevin Rooney: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 14:55NYRFilip Chytil: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 15:34NYRK'Andre Miller: Tripping2 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 20:00Laughton won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
27Shots on goal24
2.4Expected goals2.1
55Shot attempts43
31Faceoffs won21
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
19Hits26
11Blocked shots15
11Giveaways15
5Takeaways9

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 – Konecny10:30

    xG 0.55–0.12 (82%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Allison2:19

    xG 0.22–0.06 (79%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Aube-Kubel – Farabee – Cates2:06

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Lindblom – Allison2:37

    xG 0.01–0.04 (17%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov14:57

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Myers12:38

    xG 0.62–0.59 (51%)attempts 8–8goals 1–2

  3. Hagg – Sanheim12:41

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRooney – Howden – Kravtsov4:45

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Blackwell – Strome – Panarin6:19

    xG 0.14–0.01 (91%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière12:46

    xG 0.49–0.54 (48%)attempts 9–16goals 2–0

  4. Kreider – Chytil – Kakko9:19

    xG 0.23–0.35 (40%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Hajek8:39

    xG 0.27–0.05 (85%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Hajek – Miller3:58

    xG 0.16–0.14 (53%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  3. Lindgren – Jones9:41

    xG 0.13–0.17 (44%)attempts 8–7goals 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 2.1 xGPHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #629 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 56% 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).