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Tue, Feb 22, 2011·RBC Center, Raleigh

New York Rangers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (SO)

Expected result

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

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR118111114031446
CAR11207210040333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:08NYRBrandon PrustAssists: Sean Avery · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:35CARJay HarrisonAssists: Brandon Sutter · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:46NYRRyan CallahanPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Vinny Prospal · Tip-in, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:32CARJussi JokinenAssists: Jamie McBain, Erik Cole · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:10CARJussi JokinenAssists: Jay Harrison, Erik Cole · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:10NYRWojtek WolskiAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Snap, 0.10 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  2. 2. NYR Erik Christensen stopped
  3. 3. CAR Jussi Jokinen stopped
  4. 4. NYR Mats Zuccarello stopped
  5. 5. CAR Sergei Samsonov stopped
  6. 6. NYR Wojtek Wolski scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:43NYRVinny Prospal: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 18:15CARJoni Pitkanen: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:26CARJeff Skinner: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:41NYRBrian Boyle: Kneeing2 min
  5. P2 17:46CARErik Cole: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:14CARJoni Pitkanen: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 1:27NYRRyan McDonagh: Interference2 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 SOG0CAR
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
46Shots on goal33
5.2Expected goals3.5
87Shot attempts72
42Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
32Hits25
26Blocked shots24
3Giveaways5
4Takeaways10

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. bestWolski – Stepan – Zuccarello12:29

    xG 0.99–0.38 (72%)attempts 21–10goals 1–0

  2. Dubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov11:43

    xG 0.91–0.50 (65%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  3. Prospal – Christensen – Boyle9:31

    xG 0.60–0.36 (63%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  4. Avery – Newbury – Prust6:58

    xG 0.28–0.15 (64%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSauer – McDonagh19:35

    xG 1.56–0.95 (62%)attempts 23–19goals 2–1

  2. Del Zotto – Gilroy6:50

    xG 0.69–0.19 (79%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Girardi – Del Zotto2:24

    xG 0.15–0.07 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Jokinen – Staal11:55

    xG 0.74–0.48 (61%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  2. Dwyer – Bodie – Samson3:52

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Samsonov – Tlusty – Sutter9:11

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  4. Ruutu – LaRose – Skinner10:07

    xG 0.24–0.76 (24%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Carson6:25

    xG 0.63–0.45 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 2–1

  2. Gleason – McBain4:07

    xG 0.30–0.17 (63%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Corvo – Pitkanen5:35

    xG 0.28–0.22 (55%)attempts 7–8goals 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.

CAR 3.5 xGNYR 5.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #69 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.69 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

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