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Thu, Jan 23, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 1, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11101706134
NYR21518314637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:25PHIOwen TippettAssists: Travis Konecny, Morgan Frost · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:00NYRBraden SchneiderAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Reilly Smith · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:24NYRAdam EdstromGWGAssists: Ryan Lindgren, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:44NYRK'Andre MillerAssists: Will Borgen, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:15NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Urho Vaakanainen, K'Andre Miller · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 16:53NYRAdam FoxENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.45 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:15NYRReilly SmithPPAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Filip Chytil · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:47NYRRyan Lindgren: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 6:17PHIBobby Brink: Interference2 min
  3. P2 12:35NYRArtemi Panarin: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 15:27NYRArtemi Panarin: Interference2 min
  5. P3 18:04PHINoah Cates: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
34Shots on goal37
4.3Expected goals4.1
69Shot attempts65
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
12Hits12
16Blocked shots18
8Giveaways14
0Takeaways6

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. bestHathaway – Richard – Abols6:07

    xG 1.34–0.06 (96%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Konecny – Tippett – Frost9:20

    xG 0.65–0.37 (63%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Cates – Brink – Foerster12:27

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  4. Richard – Konecny – Abols2:01

    xG 0.02–0.01 (67%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York14:40

    xG 2.81–0.55 (84%)attempts 31–12goals 0–1

  2. Ristolainen – York2:11

    xG 0.09–0.04 (70%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Zamula13:53

    xG 0.13–0.23 (36%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestCarrick – Edstrom – Rempe7:54

    xG 0.63–0.54 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière13:31

    xG 0.70–0.66 (51%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  3. Smith – Zibanejad – Cuylle9:53

    xG 0.52–0.59 (47%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Chytil – Kaliyev8:39

    xG 0.20–0.95 (18%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVaakanainen – Schneider13:57

    xG 1.06–0.91 (54%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

  2. Borgen – Miller15:45

    xG 0.45–0.72 (38%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren16:19

    xG 0.72–1.61 (31%)attempts 19–23goals 1–0

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 4.1 xGPHI 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 · #963 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 51% 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).