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Tue, Nov 17, 2009·Madison Square Garden, New York

Washington Capitals 4, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH1151625426
NYR150619220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:16NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Dan Girardi, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.37 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:06WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: Mike Green, Tomas Fleischmann · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:44WSHBrooks LaichPPAssists: Mike Green, Chris Clark · Backhand, 0.45 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:23NYRMarian GaborikPPAssists: PA Parenteau, Sean Avery · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:09WSHMatt BradleyGWGAssists: Jay Beagle · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:43WSHBrian PothierENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.41 xG4–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:18WSHTomas Fleischmann: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:03NYRMichal Rozsival: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 10:39NYRAaron Voros: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 10:39WSHMatt Bradley: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 13:47NYRSean Avery: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 5:42WSHBrendan Morrison: Holding2 min
  7. P2 8:49NYRAaron Voros: Interference2 min
  8. P2 14:11NYRAles Kotalik: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 4:36WSHJohn Erskine: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 6:46WSHBrian Pothier: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 9:14WSHNicklas Backstrom: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 9:14NYRRyan Callahan: Roughing2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laing won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHNYR
26Shots on goal20
3.9Expected goals3.3
53Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won23
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
37Hits24
14Blocked shots13
2Giveaways3
5Takeaways9

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.

NYR 3.3 xGWSH 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #522 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsWSH wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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