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Sat, Nov 20, 2010·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

New York Rangers 5, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 69% of the time.

MIN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0931724530
MIN01004214228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:50NYRArtem AnisimovAssists: Matt Gilroy, Michael Sauer · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:24NYRMichael Del ZottoPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:00NYRAlex FrolovGWGAssists: Dan Girardi, Marian Gaborik · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 4:53NYRBrandon DubinskyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–0
  5. P3 12:48MINMatt CullenSHAssists: Kyle Brodziak, Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.01 xG4–1
  6. P3 14:08NYRRuslan FedotenkoPPAssists: Brian Boyle, Brandon Prust · Backhand, 0.11 xG5–1
  7. P3 15:11MINMartin HavlatAssists: John Madden · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:06MINMarek Zidlicky: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:26NYRRuslan Fedotenko: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:56MINMartin Havlat: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 13:35MINBrent Burns: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:29MINMikko Koivu: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 19:51NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 7:09NYRSteve Eminger: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 12:08MINMarek Zidlicky: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 17:45NYRMichael Del Zotto: High sticking2 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 SOG0MIN
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Madden
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRMIN
30Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals2.1
42Shot attempts55
19Faceoffs won38
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
31Hits35
13Blocked shots5
4Giveaways8
3Takeaways7

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Frolov – Stepan8:34

    xG 0.56–0.12 (82%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  2. Fedotenko – Boyle – Prust11:04

    xG 0.34–0.17 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Christensen – Dubinsky – Callahan7:31

    xG 0.18–0.42 (30%)attempts 2–9goals 1–0

  4. Dubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov4:14

    xG 0.06–0.33 (16%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSauer – Gilroy11:01

    xG 0.46–0.20 (70%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Girardi13:47

    xG 0.71–0.65 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Eminger – Del Zotto10:23

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestMadden – Havlat – Nystrom9:56

    xG 0.38–0.26 (60%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  2. Brunette – Miettinen – Koivu8:59

    xG 0.28–0.54 (34%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Clutterbuck – Wellman8:00

    xG 0.07–0.36 (17%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Brodziak – Earl – Staubitz7:16

    xG 0.08–0.46 (15%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Barker11:41

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  2. Schultz – Barker2:36

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Burns2:59

    xG 0.09–0.08 (52%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

MIN 2.1 xGNYR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #893 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 69% of the time.

MIN winsNYR wins

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

-7
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-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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