Philadelphia Flyers vs. New York RangersJan 16, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 16, 2018· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	1	0	0	1		PHI	7	9	10	26
NYR	3	2	0	5		NYR	8	13	8	29

: PHI 51NYR 40
: PHI 1.69NYR 1.92
PP goals: PHI 0NYR 1
Hits: PHI 20NYR 30
Blocks: PHI 6NYR 13
PIM: PHI 4NYR 6
: PHI 53%NYR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Rangers rout Philadelphia Flyers 5–1

New York Rangers beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–1 at home. Rick Nash (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NYR: Grabner–Holland–Fast skated 12:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Rick Nash had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 16:29.Nash
New line
New look for NYR: Grabner–Holland–Fast skated 12:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grabner Holland Fast
New line
New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Miller–Lettieri skated 11:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Miller Lettieri
New line
New look for PHI: Lehtera–Laughton–Leier skated 8:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lehtera Laughton Leier
Luck
NYR scored 5 goals on 1.92 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NYR: Desharnais–Carey–Vesey skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Desharnais Carey Vesey
New line
New look for NYR: Nash–Zibanejad–Buchnevich skated 11:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (48.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Zibanejad Buchnevich
Usage
Marc Staal (NYR) played 14:09, −4:27 down on his 18:36 season average over 71 games.Staal

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 91 of 91 attempts · NYR 40 · PHI 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR pressure
PHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 34% of the game, NYR 19%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYR

PHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PHI	NYR
	53	37
	1.44	1.48
	1.42	1.44
	12	13
	2	7
	20	26
	+0.024	−0.023
	34%	19%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Simmonds – Weal – Patrick
11:1283% CF
L2Lehtera – Laughton – Leier
8:1636% CF
L3Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
7:0750% CF
L4Filppula – Voracek – Raffl
6:3550% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Provorov
16:3569% CF
D2MacDonald – Hagg
16:0150% CF
D3Manning – Gudas
13:1450% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
3:1060% CF
PP2Lehtera – Manning – Weal – Provorov – Patrick
2:0860% CF
PK1FCouturier – Raffl
1:27
PK2FGiroux – Laughton
1:10
PK1DGudas – Provorov
1:46
PK2DMacDonald – Hagg
1:32

Current PHI line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Grabner – Holland – Fast
12:2454% CF
L2Zuccarello – Miller – Lettieri
11:1927% CF
L3Nash – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
11:0248% CF
L4Desharnais – Carey – Vesey
10:0431% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Smith
14:3547% CF
D2McDonagh – Holden
12:1245% CF
D3Staal – Skjei
10:4240% CF

PP1Nash – Shattenkirk – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
2:0075% CF
PP2Desharnais – McDonagh – Miller – Vesey – Lettieri
1:00100% CF
PK1FNash – Zibanejad
2:42
PK2FGrabner – Zuccarello
1:28
PK1DStaal – McDonagh
3:23
PK2DSmith – Holden
1:55

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:06
PHIJordan Weal (Radko Gudas, Wayne Simmonds)tip-in0.13 xG
PHI: Simmonds, Manning, Gudas, Weal, PatrickNYR: Grabner, Shattenkirk, Smith, Holland, Fast
PHI 1 – 0 NYR
6:30
NYRRick Nash (Pavel Buchnevich)snap0.18 xG
PHI: Giroux, Manning, Gudas, Couturier, KonecnyNYR: Nash, Staal, Zibanejad, Skjei, Buchnevich
PHI 1 – 1 NYR
16:50
NYRJ.T. MillerPP (Ryan McDonagh, David Desharnais)tip-in0.10 xG
PHI: Giroux, MacDonald, Laughton, HaggNYR: Desharnais, McDonagh, Miller, Vesey, Lettieri
PHI 1 – 2 NYR
19:50
NYRPaul CareySH (Peter Holland)wrist0.13 xG
PHI: Lehtera, Manning, Weal, Provorov, PatrickNYR: Staal, Carey, McDonagh, Holland
PHI 1 – 3 NYR

2nd period

10:48
NYRMichael Grabnerwrist0.07 xG
PHI: Voracek, Manning, Couturier, Provorov, PatrickNYR: Staal, Grabner, Holland, Fast, Skjei
PHI 1 – 4 NYR
17:28
NYRRick Nash (Marc Staal)snap0.01 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Laughton, Hagg, ProvorovNYR: Nash, Staal, Desharnais, Skjei, Vesey
PHI 1 – 5 NYR

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Wayne Simmonds R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.31	2	0	0	15:59	—	—	75	68
Jordan Weal C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	80	80
Nolan Patrick C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	75	82
Jori Lehtera C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	50	41
Scott Laughton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	45	39
Taylor Leier L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	47	40
Sean Couturier C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	60	32
Claude Giroux R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.22	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	56	36
Travis Konecny R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	52	38
Jakub Voracek R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	1	0	2	17:47	—	—	65	53
Michael Raffl L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	14:30	—	—	62	63
Valtteri Filppula C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:01	—	—	53	55
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.21	0	1	0	22:20	—	—	71	84
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.14	1	2	0	21:41	—	—	67	74
Andrew MacDonald D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	19:58	—	—	47	27
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	6	0	0	18:46	—	—	52	35
Brandon Manning D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	2	0	0	17:39	—	—	56	48
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	16:10	—	—	48	45

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	L	21	16	5	.762	1.68	40:00
Michal Neuvirth	—	8	8	0	.1000	0.24	20:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael Grabner L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	57	54
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	4	0	4	14:44	—	—	41	46
Peter Holland C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	54	48
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	18:17	—	—	25	17
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	1	1	0	14:52	—	—	31	37
Vinni Lettieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	0	0	13:24	—	—	39	37
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	3	2	0	17:44	—	—	44	57
Rick Nash L	L3	2	0	2	+2	7	0.36	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	47	58
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	3	0	0	14:57	—	—	47	58
David Desharnais C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	40	49
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	1	1	0	12:33	—	—	33	49
Paul Carey C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	11:40	—	—	31	47
Brendan Smith D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	1	0	0	21:09	—	—	42	42
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	0	0	20:29	—	—	44	53
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:46	—	—	42	41
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	2	2	0	21:01	—	—	37	31
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	2	0	2	19:00	—	—	39	63
Marc Staal D	D3	0	1	1	+4	1	0.06	1	2	0	14:09	—	—	40	83

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.69	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.