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Sat, Jan 15, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR1801227327
PHI1607115228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:54NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:45PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:11PHICam YorkUnassisted · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:48NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:30NYRChris KreiderGWGAssists: Adam Fox, Kaapo Kakko · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:08PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:28PHIKevin Hayes: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:42NYRK'Andre Miller: Holding2 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
27Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals1.7
52Shot attempts54
19Faceoffs won19
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
23Hits33
18Blocked shots15
7Giveaways9
6Takeaways5

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. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Kakko14:46

    xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  2. Reaves – McKegg – Rooney10:06

    xG 0.10–0.23 (30%)attempts 2–10goals 0–1

  3. Gauthier – Gettinger – Barron7:44

    xG 0.01–0.19 (7%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Panarin – Chytil12:36

    xG 0.41–0.73 (36%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Nemeth – Fox2:47

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren14:43

    xG 0.43–0.46 (48%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. Trouba – Miller16:26

    xG 0.40–0.52 (43%)attempts 19–19goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hayes – Mayhew9:32

    xG 0.34–0.08 (81%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Lindblom – Konecny9:58

    xG 0.61–0.35 (63%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  3. Giroux – Atkinson – Farabee13:01

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  4. MacEwen – Frost – Cates5:13

    xG 0.03–0.11 (23%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York17:57

    xG 0.85–0.24 (78%)attempts 23–7goals 2–0

  2. Yandle – Seeler8:51

    xG 0.27–0.02 (92%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Provorov18:06

    xG 0.24–0.31 (44%)attempts 12–15goals 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 1.7 xGNYR 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #749 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 51% 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).