Philadelphia Flyers vs. New York RangersMar 17, 2021

FinalWednesday, Mar 17, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	0	0	0		PHI	8	8	10	26
NYR	2	7	0	9		NYR	6	17	6	29

: PHI 50NYR 44
: PHI 1.91NYR 2.70
PP goals: PHI 0NYR 1
Hits: PHI 27NYR 16
Blocks: PHI 11NYR 11
PIM: PHI 8NYR 4
: PHI 47%NYR 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Philadelphia Flyers 9–0

New York Rangers beat Philadelphia Flyers 9–0 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 3G 3A. NYR scored 9 goals on 2.70 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had a hat trick and 3 assists (6 points) on 4 shots in 18:23.Zibanejad
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 17:09.Buchnevich
Points
Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:15.Panarin
Points
Jacob Trouba had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:50.Trouba
Points
Ryan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:02.Strome
Luck
NYR scored 9 goals on 2.70 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for PHI: Andreoff–Raffl–Bunnaman skated 5:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Andreoff Raffl Bunnaman
Usage
Robert Hagg (PHI) played 6:12, −9:45 down on his 15:57 season average over 33 games.Hagg

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 94 of 94 attempts · NYR 44 · PHI 50

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 26% of the game, NYR 37%.

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	44
	1.68	2.38
	1.63	2.36
	5	7
	5	1
	20	8
	−0.062	+0.062
	26%	37%

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

L1van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee
6:3750% CF
L2Andreoff – Raffl – Bunnaman
5:3967% CF
L3Hayes – Laughton – Konecny
5:2456% CF
L4Giroux – Voracek – Patrick
1:5050% CF
D1Sanheim – Myers
9:4148% CF
D2Braun – Provorov
8:0460% CF
D3Gustafsson – Hagg
4:2950% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Couturier – Gustafsson – Konecny
2:24100% CF
PP2Giroux – Voracek – Provorov – Patrick – Farabee
1:0975% CF
PK1FCouturier – Farabee
2:31
PK2FHayes – Laughton
1:31
PK1DBraun – Provorov
2:50
PK2DHagg – Sanheim
1:24

Current PHI line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
11:1550% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
10:3753% CF
L3Blackwell – Strome – Panarin
9:5336% CF
L4Lemieux – Rooney – Howden
9:5247% CF
D1Smith – Hajek
14:5229% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
14:4146% CF
D3Fox – Lindgren
10:4765% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
4:23100% CF
PP2Trouba – Buchnevich – Chytil – Miller – Lafrenière
0:31
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
1:45
PK2FKreider – Strome
1:07
PK1DSmith – Fox
1:15
PK2DTrouba – Miller
1:09

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:05
NYRBrendan Lemieux (Adam Fox, Brett Howden)wrist0.28 xG
PHI: Andreoff, Sanheim, Myers, Bunnaman, PatrickNYR: Lemieux, Rooney, Fox, Lindgren, Howden
PHI 0 – 1 NYR
14:47
NYRArtemi Panarin (Ryan Strome)slap0.11 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Sanheim, Myers, FarabeeNYR: Blackwell, Strome, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren
PHI 0 – 2 NYR

2nd period

1:38
NYRPavel Buchnevich (Mika Zibanejad)snap0.05 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Raffl, Sanheim, MyersNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren
PHI 0 – 3 NYR
3:38
NYRPavel Buchnevich (Jacob Trouba, Mika Zibanejad)tip-in0.04 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Sanheim, Myers, FarabeeNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Buchnevich, Miller
PHI 0 – 4 NYR
7:30
NYRJacob Trouba (Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Buchnevich)snap0.03 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Laughton, Sanheim, Myers, BunnamanNYR: Zibanejad, Trouba, Buchnevich, Panarin, Miller
PHI 0 – 5 NYR
8:27
NYRMika ZibanejadSHwrist0.08 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Provorov, Patrick, FarabeeNYR: Zibanejad, Trouba, Buchnevich, Miller
PHI 0 – 6 NYR
14:29
NYRMika ZibanejadPP (Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome)wrist0.17 xG
PHI: Hayes, Laughton, Gustafsson, SanheimNYR: Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Trouba, Panarin
PHI 0 – 7 NYR
18:37
NYRMika Zibanejad (Chris Kreider, Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.10 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Gustafsson, MyersNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Buchnevich, Miller
PHI 0 – 8 NYR
19:39
NYRFilip Chytil (Libor Hajek, Alexis Lafrenière)wrist0.15 xG
PHI: Hayes, Andreoff, Gustafsson, Sanheim, BunnamanNYR: Smith, Hajek, Chytil, Kakko, Lafrenière
PHI 0 – 9 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	-3	1	0.10	2	0	0	18:39	—	—	47	44
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	-3	6	0.51	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	63	63
Joel Farabee L	L1	-3	1	0.09	3	0	0	17:11	—	—	62	58
Connor Bunnaman C	L2	-3	1	0.02	5	1	0	12:09	—	—	55	34
Michael Raffl L	L2	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	12:02	—	—	61	51
Andy Andreoff C	L2	-2	2	0.03	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	50	35
Kevin Hayes R	L3	-1	0	0.24	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	63	40
Scott Laughton C	L3	-1	2	0.13	1	0	2	15:52	—	—	59	48
Travis Konecny R	L3	0	3	0.09	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	71	61
Jakub Voracek R	L4	-3	1	0.10	1	1	0	15:25	—	—	38	26
Claude Giroux R	L4	-3	0	0.03	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	29	19
Nolan Patrick C	L4	-2	2	0.17	0	2	0	12:39	—	—	53	15
Travis Sanheim D	D1	-6	1	0.09	2	3	0	22:01	—	—	58	35
Philippe Myers D	D1	-6	3	0.06	2	2	4	21:41	—	—	49	34
Ivan Provorov D	D2	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	24:59	—	—	52	55
Justin Braun D	D2	0	2	0.05	2	1	2	21:44	—	—	67	61
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	-2	0	0.07	1	0	0	19:56	—	—	52	35
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:12	—	—	50	51

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart	—	16	12	4	.750	1.20	32:30
Brian Elliott(start)	L	13	8	5	.615	1.50	27:30

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Filip Chytil C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	1	2	16:08	—	—	41	59
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	41	60
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	43	62
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	3	3	6	+5	4	0.46	1	0	0	18:23	—	—	53	55
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	2	2	4	+5	3	0.12	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	52	55
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.29	1	0	0	17:08	—	—	53	54
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.22	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	44	56
Artemi Panarin L	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	41	54
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	10:19	—	—	35	53
Brett Howden C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:41	—	—	52	69
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	4	1	0	12:54	—	—	44	68
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	4	0	0	12:21	—	—	53	69
Brendan Smith D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	22:01	—	—	36	54
Libor Hajek D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	26	49
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+4	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:39	—	—	49	45
Jacob Trouba D	D2	1	1	2	+4	2	0.08	1	2	0	19:50	—	—	42	43
Adam Fox D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.05	0	1	0	18:49	—	—	58	73
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	+3	3	0.20	0	0	2	17:16	—	—	56	73

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	1.91	59:38

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.