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Thu, Oct 8, 2009·Verizon Center, Washington

New York Rangers 4, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 71% of the time.

WSH winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR07212210429
WSH1909210328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:18WSHAlexander SeminAssists: Brian Pothier · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:47NYRRyan CallahanUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:48NYRAles KotalikAssists: Artem Anisimov, Enver Lisin · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:17WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Tyler Sloan · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:51WSHNicklas BackstromPPAssists: Brooks Laich, Alexander Semin · Snap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:09NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Vinny Prospal · Slap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:42NYRMarian GaborikPPGWGAssists: Michael Del Zotto · Snap, 0.10 xG4–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 4:01NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:01WSHMatt Bradley: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 10:27WSHJeff Schultz: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 11:31NYRAles Kotalik: Holding2 min
  5. P1 11:58NYRDan Girardi: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 14:14NYRVinny Prospal: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 6:45NYRMichal Rozsival: Holding2 min
  8. P2 7:14NYRChris Drury: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 7:43WSHMike Green: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 16:13NYRChris Higgins: Interference2 min
  11. P2 17:32WSHChris Clark: Too many men on the ice2 min
  12. P3 6:54NYRAaron Voros: Holding2 min · PPG
  13. P3 10:19WSHBoyd Gordon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  14. P3 14:54NYRDonald Brashear: 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 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Morrison won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRWSH
29Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals1.5
47Shot attempts68
25Faceoffs won36
5Power plays9
18Penalty minutes10
16Hits22
22Blocked shots8
11Giveaways17
12Takeaways15

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.

WSH 1.5 xGNYR 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WSH is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #136 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.30 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 71% of the time.

WSH winsNYR wins

Simulated goal difference (WSH − NYR), 10,000 replays

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).