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Thu, Dec 31, 2009·RBC Center, Raleigh

New York Rangers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR11401516235
CAR150706118

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:08CARJoni PitkanenPPAssists: Ray Whitney, Eric Staal · Slap, 0.45 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:36NYRErik ChristensenPPAssists: Marian Gaborik, Ales Kotalik · Snap, 0.45 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:49NYRBrandon DubinskyGWGAssists: Marian Gaborik, Erik Christensen · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:34NYRRyan Callahan: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:12CARAndrew Alberts: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 9:12NYRBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 9:53NYRErik Christensen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P1 14:15CARScott Walker: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P1 16:32CARRod Brind'Amour: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 7:59NYRAaron Voros: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 7:59CARTom Kostopoulos: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 17:15CARTom Kostopoulos: High sticking2 min
  10. P2 18:17CARMatt Cullen: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 19:31NYRSean Avery: Slashing2 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 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cullen won the faceoff against Christensen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
35Shots on goal18
4.0Expected goals2.8
62Shot attempts49
32Faceoffs won26
5Power plays3
13Penalty minutes17
36Hits44
15Blocked shots17
4Giveaways7
8Takeaways8

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.

CAR 2.8 xGNYR 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #847 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 70% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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