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Sat, Jan 17, 2026·Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia

New York Rangers 6, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 64% of the time.

PHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR3631309628
PHI1817113328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:22PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Trevor Zegras, Travis Sanheim · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:05NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Alexis Lafrenière · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:26NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: J.T. Miller, Braden Schneider · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 8:25NYRBrennan OthmannAssists: Will Cuylle · Snap, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:38NYRMika ZibanejadPPGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck · Snap, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P2 8:25NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: J.T. Miller, Scott Morrow · Snap, 0.19 xG5–1
  7. P2 14:31NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Alexis Lafrenière · Wrist, 0.07 xG6–1
  8. P2 16:48PHITravis SanheimSHAssists: Travis Konecny · Snap, 0.14 xG6–2
  9. P3 8:01PHITrevor ZegrasAssists: Denver Barkey, Owen Tippett · Wrist, 0.06 xG6–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:02NYRWill Cuylle: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 0:44PHIMatvei Michkov: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:44PHISamuel Ersson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:12PHIEmil Andrae: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:12NYRBrennan Othmann: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 15:22PHINikita Grebenkin: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRPHI
28Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts65
41Faceoffs won23
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
26Hits27
21Blocked shots13
17Giveaways14
3Takeaways3

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. bestZibanejad – Miller – Perreault9:19

    xG 0.56–0.33 (63%)attempts 11–12goals 2–1

  2. Carrick – Brodzinski – Raddysh5:26

    xG 0.27–0.09 (74%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière11:19

    xG 0.69–0.80 (46%)attempts 11–15goals 2–1

  4. Cuylle – Othmann – Laba10:19

    xG 0.59–0.74 (44%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Schneider14:52

    xG 1.08–0.61 (64%)attempts 20–21goals 3–1

  2. Robertson – Schneider2:55

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Borgen – Robertson13:33

    xG 0.45–0.61 (43%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTippett – Zegras – Barkey3:25

    xG 0.75–0.13 (85%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Konecny – Cates – Michkov3:35

    xG 0.15–0.10 (61%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Konecny – Grundstrom2:19

    xG 0.08–0.08 (50%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Cates – Barkey – Michkov4:14

    xG 0.02–0.10 (15%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJuulsen – Andrae13:28

    xG 0.73–0.27 (73%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Sanheim11:07

    xG 0.66–0.28 (70%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Drysdale4:36

    xG 0.03–0.10 (26%)attempts 4–2goals 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 2.6 xGNYR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #477 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 64% 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).