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Sat, Dec 11, 2010·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Rangers 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 74% of the time.

CBJ winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR012111010133
CBJ081728323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:53NYRMarc StaalPPAssists: Ruslan Fedotenko, Brandon Dubinsky · Snap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:43CBJAntoine VermettePPAssists: R.J. Umberger, Rick Nash · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:51CBJRick NashGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Jan Hejda · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:48CBJRick NashAssists: Rostislav Klesla · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:24CBJDerek Dorsett: Charging2 min
  2. P2 1:56CBJMike Commodore: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:15NYRSean Avery: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 8:09CBJAndrew Murray: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:41NYRErik Christensen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:13CBJAntoine Vermette: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:28CBJRostislav Klesla: Cross checking2 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 SOG0CBJ
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCBJ
33Shots on goal23
2.4Expected goals1.2
55Shot attempts35
19Faceoffs won36
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
21Hits47
8Blocked shots12
1Giveaways4
3Takeaways0

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. bestDubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov10:41

    xG 0.45–0.32 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Fedotenko – Gaborik – Stepan12:13

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. White – Avery – Christensen3:59

    xG 0.01–0.02 (40%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Frolov – Boyle – Prust8:28

    xG 0.22–0.28 (43%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Del Zotto14:36

    xG 0.78–0.10 (88%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Sauer – Gilroy7:52

    xG 0.35–0.26 (57%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Sauer – Del Zotto2:02

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Umberger – Sestito9:44

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Clark – MacKenzie – Murray6:09

    xG 0.09–0.06 (61%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Moreau – Pahlsson – Dorsett10:46

    xG 0.09–0.20 (31%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Voracek10:24

    xG 0.26–0.41 (38%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Methot16:44

    xG 0.48–0.15 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Commodore – Russell11:35

    xG 0.23–0.54 (30%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Hejda15:44

    xG 0.34–0.90 (27%)attempts 7–20goals 1–0

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.

CBJ 1.2 xGNYR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #727 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 74% of the time.

CBJ winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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