New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia FlyersFeb 24, 2021

FinalWednesday, Feb 24, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	1	1	3		NYR	9	10	8	27
PHI	2	2	0	4		PHI	15	14	10	39

: NYR 50PHI 72
: NYR 3.83PHI 5.30
PP goals: NYR 2PHI 2
Hits: NYR 21PHI 25
Blocks: NYR 18PHI 10
PIM: NYR 12PHI 10
: NYR 36%PHI 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge New York Rangers 4–3

Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Rangers 4–3 at home. Chris Kreider (NYR) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Blackwell, Strome, Zibanejad and Fox) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 4:40 together.

Points
Chris Kreider had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:32.Kreider
Points
Claude Giroux had 3 assists (3 points) on 8 shots in 20:54.Giroux
Points
Erik Gustafsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:46.Gustafsson
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Shayne Gostisbehere had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:48.Gostisbehere
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Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:20.Zibanejad
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Blackwell, Strome, Zibanejad and Fox) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 4:40 together.Kreider Blackwell Strome Zibanejad Fox
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Hayes, Couturier, Provorov and Farabee) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:13 together.van Riemsdyk Hayes Couturier Provorov Farabee
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Blackwell–Strome skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Blackwell Strome

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

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

PHI
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · PHI 72 · NYR 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 23% of the game, PHI 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PHI

NYR

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	NYR	PHI
	42	52
	2.66	3.02
	2.46	2.79
	13	12
	4	5
	8	18
	−0.106	+0.106
	23%	41%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Blackwell – Strome
8:3844% CF
L2Di Giuseppe – Brodzinski – Rooney
8:0321% CF
L3Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière
6:4220% CF
L4Lemieux – Gauthier – Howden
4:2357% CF
D1Bitetto – Hajek
11:2529% CF
D2Johnson – Smith
11:0850% CF
D3Fox – Lindgren
9:3257% CF

PP1Kreider – Blackwell – Strome – Zibanejad – Fox
4:4075% CF
PP2Smith – Bitetto – Buchnevich – Lemieux – Lafrenière
1:4550% CF
PK1FRooney – Howden
4:19
PK2FZibanejad – Buchnevich
4:07
PK1DFox – Lindgren
4:07
PK2DJohnson – Smith
2:04

Current NYR line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman
9:2342% CF
L2Giroux – Hayes – Patrick
9:0767% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee
7:5983% CF
L4Andreoff – Morin – Twarynski
4:1025% CF
D1Sanheim – Myers
12:2637% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Provorov
8:3476% CF
D3Gustafsson – Hagg
7:5764% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Couturier – Provorov – Farabee
5:1390% CF
PP2Giroux – Gostisbehere – Gustafsson – Aube-Kubel – Patrick
3:3889% CF
PK1FCouturier – Farabee
2:54
PK2FHayes – Raffl
1:14
PK1DHagg – Provorov
1:51
PK2DSanheim – Myers
1:28

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chris Kreider L	L1	3	0	3	-1	4	0.70	3	1	0	19:32	—	—	46	60
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.27	0	2	0	19:15	—	—	45	62
Colin Blackwell C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.67	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	54	61
Kevin Rooney C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:35	—	—	35	42
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	10:44	—	—	30	19
Jonny Brodzinski C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	9:41	—	—	25	4
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	2	2	0	4	0.50	1	0	0	20:20	—	—	33	14
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	0	2	18:09	—	—	33	41
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	50	54
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	2	0	13:02	—	—	75	73
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	10:19	—	—	67	49
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	2	7:04	—	—	73	70
Anthony Bitetto D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	1	2	18:15	—	—	28	18
Libor Hajek D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:59	—	—	29	14
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	3	2	2	20:17	—	—	46	45
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	19:01	—	—	46	42
Adam Fox D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.46	0	3	0	23:29	—	—	63	77
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.20	2	0	2	14:45	—	—	55	79

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	4.49	58:08

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	6	2	2	18:08	—	—	45	39
Connor Bunnaman C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	2	13:07	—	—	40	35
Michael Raffl L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	3	2	0	13:00	—	—	36	26
Kevin Hayes R	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.71	0	1	0	21:49	—	—	67	65
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	3	3	+2	8	1.28	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	70	77
Nolan Patrick C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.25	0	1	0	16:50	—	—	68	65
Sean Couturier C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.35	1	0	2	22:07	—	—	71	68
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.38	2	0	2	19:55	—	—	75	72
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.50	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	72	50
Carsen Twarynski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	6:12	—	—	13	0
Andy Andreoff C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	5:25	—	—	17	0
Samuel Morin L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	5:11	—	—	17	0
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:55	—	—	42	40
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	18:36	—	—	40	33
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	24:08	—	—	74	87
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	1	1	2	+1	6	0.45	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	66	71
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.14	0	1	0	16:46	—	—	57	33
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:45	—	—	68	53

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	3.83	59:45

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.

New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia FlyersFeb 24, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Philadelphia Flyers edge New York Rangers 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Philadelphia Flyers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Philadelphia Flyers