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Thu, Apr 7, 2011·Madison Square Garden, New York

Atlanta Thrashers 3, New York Rangers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 64% of the time.

NYR winsATL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ATL0821216326
NYR01009010029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:42ATLRob SchrempGWGAssists: Andrey Zubarev, Anthony Stewart · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:57ATLAndrew LaddAssists: Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:19ATLEric BoultonAssists: Johnny Oduya, Rob Schremp · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:42ATLEric Boulton: Interference2 min
  2. P2 8:48ATLAndrey Zubarev: Holding2 min
  3. P2 9:03NYRVinny Prospal: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 11:32NYRDan Girardi: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:01ATLNik Antropov: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:32ATLDustin Byfuglien: 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.

ATL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ATLNYR
26Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals4.0
52Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
32Hits24
19Blocked shots11
5Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

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.

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. Antropov – Stewart – Kane2:53

    xG 0.07–0.08 (45%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little12:11

    xG 0.72–0.74 (49%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Boulton – Stewart – Schremp5:28

    xG 0.34–0.41 (46%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Antropov – Thorburn – Kane8:41

    xG 0.27–0.68 (29%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hainsey – Byfuglien12:51

    xG 0.60–0.55 (52%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Bogosian15:10

    xG 0.64–0.86 (43%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Zubarev14:16

    xG 0.54–1.43 (27%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Dubinsky – Anisimov6:26

    xG 0.66–0.31 (68%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Fedotenko – Boyle – Prust6:43

    xG 0.56–0.31 (65%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Wolski – Stepan2:22

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Prospal – Wolski – Dubinsky2:43

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSauer – McDonagh13:34

    xG 0.71–0.37 (66%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Girardi16:25

    xG 1.25–0.94 (57%)attempts 14–15goals 0–2

  3. McCabe – Gilroy3:12

    xG 0.08–0.02 (78%)attempts 2–3goals 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 xGATL 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRATL

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 ATL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1154 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ATL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 64% of the time.

NYR winsATL wins

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

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