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Wed, Mar 9, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Rangers 2, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

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

ANA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR18011113232
ANA31101329533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:30NYRBrandon DubinskyAssists: Ryan Callahan, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:34ANACorey PerryAssists: Bobby Ryan, Lubomir Visnovsky · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:19ANALubomir VisnovskyAssists: Toni Lydman, Bobby Ryan · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:19ANALubomir VisnovskyGWGAssists: Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:19ANABobby RyanAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:31NYRMarian GaborikPPAssists: Vinny Prospal, Derek Stepan · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 14:36ANACorey PerryAssists: Bobby Ryan · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:23NYRDan Girardi: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:22ANABobby Ryan: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:28NYRMarc Staal: Holding2 min
  4. P2 5:58ANABrad Winchester: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 11:12NYRArtem Anisimov: Elbowing2 min
  6. P3 3:35ANATeemu Selanne: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRANA
32Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts59
25Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
26Hits31
13Blocked shots10
13Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

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. bestFedotenko – Boyle – Prust5:31

    xG 0.33–0.03 (91%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Wolski – Stepan – Zuccarello10:10

    xG 0.41–0.21 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Dubinsky – Callahan5:41

    xG 0.63–0.44 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 0–2

  4. Prospal – Gaborik – Anisimov2:55

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSauer – McDonagh13:24

    xG 0.77–0.51 (60%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  2. McCabe – Sauer2:34

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Girardi18:18

    xG 1.00–0.96 (51%)attempts 20–20goals 1–4

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan15:40

    xG 1.12–0.94 (54%)attempts 23–14goals 3–0

  2. Marchant – Winchester – Sexton9:57

    xG 0.40–0.41 (49%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – McMillan9:27

    xG 0.15–0.23 (40%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky15:28

    xG 1.13–1.02 (53%)attempts 23–16goals 4–0

  2. Lilja – Fowler10:58

    xG 0.38–0.36 (52%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Beauchemin – Sbisa13:17

    xG 0.20–0.50 (29%)attempts 8–15goals 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.

ANA 2.6 xGNYR 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #555 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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.

ANA winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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