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Sat, Dec 20, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Rangers 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 66% of the time.

NYR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI01241105040432
NYR1818210012527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:24NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:42PHITravis SanheimPPAssists: Denver Barkey, Matvei Michkov · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:05PHIOwen TippettAssists: Denver Barkey, Cam York · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:18PHITrevor ZegrasPPAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Noah Cates · Slap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:23NYRArtemi PanarinUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:36PHIRodrigo AbolsSHAssists: Travis Sanheim · Deflected, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:13NYRVincent TrocheckAssists: J.T. Miller, Gabe Perreault · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 17:26NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Scott Morrow, Will Cuylle · Slap, 0.06 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Artemi Panarin scored
  2. 2. PHI Trevor Zegras stopped
  3. 3. NYR Vincent Trocheck scored
  4. 4. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 13:57PHICarl Grundstrom: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:17NYRWill Cuylle: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:15NYRArtemi Panarin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:48PHINicolas Deslauriers: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 13:48PHINicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:48NYRBrennan Othmann: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 16:08NYRNoah Laba: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 4:16PHINick Seeler: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 17:00PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  10. OT 0:08NYRArtemi Panarin: Slashing2 min
  11. OT 4:09NYRScott Morrow: 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
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINYR
32Shots on goal27
3.1Expected goals2.2
52Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won29
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
19Hits23
21Blocked shots4
10Giveaways23
1Takeaways7

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. bestCouturier – Tippett – Barkey10:46

    xG 0.84–0.24 (78%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  2. Konecny – Zegras – Grebenkin5:56

    xG 0.49–0.22 (69%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

  3. Deslauriers – Abols – Grebenkin2:07

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Abols – Grundstrom2:47

    xG 0.11–0.18 (37%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Ristolainen14:22

    xG 0.65–0.44 (59%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  2. Andrae – Drysdale14:54

    xG 0.81–0.74 (52%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

  3. York – Drysdale2:12

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Miller – Perreault7:30

    xG 0.62–0.13 (83%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Sheary – Cuylle – Laba5:45

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Cuylle – Laba – Perreault3:45

    xG 0.10–0.11 (48%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Carrick – Rempe – Othmann4:19

    xG 0.17–0.31 (35%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Borgen12:17

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Robertson – Morrow11:25

    xG 0.67–0.63 (52%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Robertson – Schneider2:27

    xG 0.00–0.00 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 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 2.2 xGPHI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #73 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.52 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 66% 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).