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Mon, Nov 1, 2010·Madison Square Garden, New York

Chicago Blackhawks 2, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 58% of the time.

NYR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI11308114235
NYR1701026323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:13CHITomas KopeckyPPAssists: Duncan Keith, Patrick Sharp · Tip-in, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:39NYRBrandon DubinskyAssists: Artem Anisimov, Ryan Callahan · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:55NYRBrandon DubinskyPPAssists: Ryan Callahan, Artem Anisimov · Tip-in, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:08CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:36NYRErik ChristensenGWGAssists: Brandon Prust, Michael Del Zotto · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:04CHIFernando Pisani: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:45NYRErik Christensen: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:43NYRSean Avery: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 19:39CHIDuncan Keith: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:27NYRSean Avery: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 9:11CHITomas Kopecky: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 19:34NYRDan Girardi: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Christensen won the faceoff against Sharp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINYR
35Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals3.6
78Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
18Hits35
15Blocked shots33
0Giveaways4
13Takeaways11

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDowell – Scott – Smith3:36

    xG 0.18–0.09 (67%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Brouwer – Toews – Kane11:47

    xG 0.58–0.64 (47%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  3. Kopecky – Sharp – Stalberg8:38

    xG 0.61–0.83 (42%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

  4. Pisani – Potulny – Skille6:15

    xG 0.09–0.70 (12%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook15:20

    xG 1.05–0.80 (57%)attempts 32–9goals 1–1

  2. Campbell – Hendry2:22

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Cullimore – Keith2:39

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFedotenko – Avery – Boyle8:16

    xG 0.72–0.15 (82%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Frolov – Christensen – Prust9:46

    xG 0.62–0.28 (69%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Avery – Boyle – Stepan2:28

    xG 0.03–0.02 (60%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. White – Stepan – Grachev5:02

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Sauer10:57

    xG 0.79–0.12 (87%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Del Zotto10:56

    xG 0.97–0.39 (72%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Eminger – Girardi2:08

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

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 3.6 xGCHI 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #482 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 58% of the time.

NYR winsCHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).