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Sun, Dec 5, 2010·Madison Square Garden, New York

Ottawa Senators 3, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0101827325
NYR0511308126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:27OTTChris KellySHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:50NYRBrandon PrustSHAssists: Brian Boyle, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:36OTTChris KellyGWGAssists: Jarkko Ruutu, Filip Kuba · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:59OTTChris KellyENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 3:21OTTJesse Winchester: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:47NYRRuslan Fedotenko: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 14:48OTTChris Phillips: Interference2 min
  4. P3 3:11OTTChris Campoli: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:44OTTSergei Gonchar: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYR
25Shots on goal26
3.7Expected goals4.0
55Shot attempts51
31Faceoffs won20
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
24Hits41
10Blocked shots15
0Giveaways10
4Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Neil – Kelly9:13

    xG 0.51–0.12 (82%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Shannon – Foligno – Winchester7:06

    xG 0.42–0.05 (89%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Alfredsson – Spezza – Butler11:09

    xG 0.72–0.60 (54%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  4. Kovalev – Fisher – Michalek11:55

    xG 0.76–1.44 (35%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Campoli8:34

    xG 0.25–0.05 (84%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Karlsson13:17

    xG 0.73–0.67 (52%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Phillips16:28

    xG 0.84–1.03 (45%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFedotenko – Boyle – Prust11:43

    xG 1.26–0.58 (69%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Callahan – Stepan11:00

    xG 0.68–0.57 (54%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Avery – Gaborik – Christensen10:57

    xG 0.31–0.87 (26%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Staal10:53

    xG 1.22–0.43 (74%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Sauer2:07

    xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – Del Zotto11:15

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 6–10goals 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 4.0 xGOTT 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #735 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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 54% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

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

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