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Sat, Jan 1, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

New York Rangers 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR0701311500135
TBL1100150711233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:03TBLDana TyrellAssists: Nate Thompson · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:14NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:19TBLNate ThompsonGWGAssists: Dana Tyrell, Mike Lundin · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:40TBLDominic Moore: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:58TBLMatt Smaby: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:38NYRDale Weise: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:26NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 1:14NYRArtem Anisimov: Holding2 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 SOG0TBL
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTBL
35Shots on goal33
2.2Expected goals2.2
61Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won38
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits22
13Blocked shots17
12Giveaways12
9Takeaways12

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. bestFrolov – Anisimov – Zuccarello8:46

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Fedotenko – Boyle – Prust12:01

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Drury – Avery – Weise5:07

    xG 0.09–0.06 (62%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Dubinsky – Stepan14:14

    xG 0.47–0.61 (44%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Girardi18:02

    xG 0.74–0.36 (67%)attempts 21–16goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Eminger14:57

    xG 0.40–0.25 (61%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  3. Sauer – Gilroy10:28

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Ritola – Purcell5:48

    xG 0.34–0.10 (77%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Lecavalier – Gagne – Bergenheim8:54

    xG 0.10–0.17 (35%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos13:03

    xG 0.56–0.64 (47%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Thompson – Tyrell11:23

    xG 0.25–0.35 (42%)attempts 4–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Smaby3:23

    xG 0.33–0.14 (71%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Ohlund – Lundin12:25

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Ohlund – Clark3:03

    xG 0.04–0.09 (29%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

TBL 2.2 xGNYR 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #578 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 51% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

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

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