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Sat, Nov 27, 2010·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

New York Rangers 2, Nashville Predators 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% of the time.

NSH winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR0110715011224
NSH11305011010130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:10NSHColin WilsonAssists: Marcel Goc, Francis Bouillon · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 13:04NYRRyan CallahanAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Erik Christensen scored
  2. 2. NSH Cal O'Reilly stopped
  3. 3. NYR Derek Stepan stopped
  4. 4. NSH Marcel Goc stopped
  5. 5. NYR Ryan Callahan stopped
  6. 6. NSH Martin Erat stopped
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:00NSHJordin Tootoo: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:31NYRSean Avery: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:31NSHJordin Tootoo: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:35NSHJordin Tootoo: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:35NYRSean Avery: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 16:47NSHShane O'Brien: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 16:47NYRBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 0:09NSHPekka Rinne: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  9. P2 1:55NYRAlex Frolov: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 6:01NYRBrian Boyle: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 9:05NSHFrancis Bouillon: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 18:13NSHPekka Rinne: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  13. P3 9:30NYRRuslan Fedotenko: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smithson won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNSH
24Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals2.1
45Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
18Penalty minutes20
25Hits25
23Blocked shots11
7Giveaways11
7Takeaways12

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. bestWhite – Frolov – Christensen5:20

    xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Fedotenko – Boyle – Prust4:43

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov5:22

    xG 0.07–0.08 (49%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Fedotenko – Avery – Stepan3:33

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Gilroy2:14

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Staal12:34

    xG 0.21–0.26 (44%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Girardi2:20

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestErat – Goc – Wilson3:52

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Dumont – Erat – Goc7:01

    xG 0.43–0.20 (69%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Smithson – Ward – Tootoo8:40

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Sullivan – O'Reilly – Hornqvist9:24

    xG 0.17–0.34 (33%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Weber16:21

    xG 0.80–0.14 (85%)attempts 26–9goals 0–0

  2. Bouillon – Klein12:13

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Klein – O'Brien2:25

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

NSH 2.1 xGNYR 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #694 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% of the time.

NSH winsNYR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).