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Fri, Mar 12, 2010·Philips Arena, Atlanta

New York Rangers 5, Atlanta Thrashers 2

Expected result

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

ATL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR31211419535
ATL08112111231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:49NYRVinny ProspalAssists: Marian Gaborik, Dan Girardi · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:30NYRMarian GaborikPPAssists: Chris Drury, Vinny Prospal · Snap, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:26NYRVinny ProspalPPGWGAssists: Chris Drury, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P2 2:33ATLClarke MacArthurPPAssists: Rich Peverley, Pavel Kubina · Snap, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:32NYRMichael Del ZottoAssists: Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–1
  6. P3 11:26ATLRon HainseyAssists: Chris Thorburn · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:54NYRRyan CallahanENUnassisted · Slap, 0.67 xG5–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 7:56ATLJohan Hedberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:23ATLPavel Kubina: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:19ATLChris Thorburn: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:43NYROlli Jokinen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:51NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 7:51ATLEric Boulton: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:52NYRMichal Rozsival: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 18:53ATLBryan Little: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 4:15ATLJim Slater: Holding2 min
  10. P3 8:33NYRArtem Anisimov: Holding2 min
  11. P3 13:18NYRJody Shelley: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 19:26ATLEvgeny Artyukhin: Charging2 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 SOG0ATL
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackATL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against White
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRATL
35Shots on goal31
3.2Expected goals2.1
54Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won26
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
15Hits21
12Blocked shots10
5Giveaways6
12Takeaways9

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.

ATL 2.1 xGNYR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ATLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #587 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50ATL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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.

ATL winsNYR wins

Simulated goal difference (ATL − 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).