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Wed, Dec 1, 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
PHI01111607134
NYR2151518428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:41NYRJacob TroubaPPAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Nils Lundkvist · Slap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:32NYRDryden HuntGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:34NYRChris KreiderAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:37PHIMorgan FrostAssists: Cam Atkinson, Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:16NYRArtemi PanarinENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:03PHIMorgan Frost: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:56NYRDryden Hunt: Charging5 min
  3. P2 1:56NYRDryden Hunt: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P2 14:15PHIMorgan Frost: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 19:42NYRK'Andre Miller: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 15:49NYRAdam Fox: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
34Shots on goal28
3.4Expected goals3.0
65Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes19
11Hits21
10Blocked shots15
13Giveaways19
6Takeaways8

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 – Farabee2:16

    xG 0.30–0.09 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Couturier – MacEwen3:00

    xG 0.25–0.07 (77%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Giroux – Atkinson – Frost7:14

    xG 0.44–0.29 (61%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Lindblom – Bunnaman – MacEwen5:09

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Provorov2:42

    xG 0.38–0.02 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Seeler – Sanheim2:38

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Braun – Provorov5:39

    xG 0.27–0.12 (69%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Kakko9:50

    xG 0.80–0.26 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Reaves – Goodrow – Rooney6:14

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Gauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière7:16

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Hunt – Panarin5:48

    xG 0.31–0.47 (40%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Lundkvist10:41

    xG 0.69–0.22 (76%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren14:14

    xG 0.20–0.30 (40%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller14:02

    xG 0.63–1.07 (37%)attempts 13–19goals 1–1

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.

NYR 3.0 xGPHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #1046 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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).