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Sat, Feb 24, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0911015224
PHI01805117140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:56NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Vincent Trocheck, K'Andre Miller · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:36PHITyson FoersterAssists: Scott Laughton, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:31NYRMatt RempeGWGAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Braden Schneider · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:00NYRMatt Rempe: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:00PHINicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:42NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 8:03PHIJoel Farabee: Interference2 min
  5. P1 10:48NYRErik Gustafsson: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 0:51PHIJoel Farabee: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 8:47PHIGarnet Hathaway: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P2 11:37NYRArtemi Panarin: Holding2 min
  9. P3 8:58PHISean Couturier: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 15:57NYRK'Andre Miller: High sticking2 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 20:00Poehling won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
24Shots on goal40
1.9Expected goals3.2
58Shot attempts83
22Faceoffs won38
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
35Hits23
18Blocked shots20
9Giveaways8
1Takeaways3

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. bestGoodrow – Edstrom – Rempe3:40

    xG 0.28–0.04 (87%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière12:02

    xG 0.27–0.18 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Brodzinski – Kakko – Cuylle6:17

    xG 0.06–0.09 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey6:52

    xG 0.02–0.30 (8%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fox – Lindgren13:46

    xG 0.14–0.35 (28%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  2. Gustafsson – Schneider9:19

    xG 0.21–0.51 (29%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Miller14:17

    xG 0.41–1.22 (25%)attempts 11–26goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestFrost – Farabee – Foerster2:09

    xG 0.35–0.10 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Foerster2:43

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Atkinson – Tippett – Frost6:01

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  4. Hathaway – Poehling – Cates6:50

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Zamula6:57

    xG 0.53–0.07 (88%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Drysdale3:58

    xG 0.42–0.06 (88%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Walker8:18

    xG 0.76–0.64 (54%)attempts 20–13goals 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 1.9 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 48/100 · #735 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 73% 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).