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Thu, Nov 3, 2011·Madison Square Garden, New York

Anaheim Ducks 1, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 75% of the time.

NYR winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA02110015011128
NYR1100904022225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:32NYRJeff WoywitkaAssists: Marian Gaborik, Ruslan Fedotenko · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:18ANABobby RyanAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Erik Christensen scored
  2. 2. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  3. 3. NYR Brad Richards stopped
  4. 4. ANA Teemu Selanne scored
  5. 5. NYR Marian Gaborik scored
  6. 6. ANA Bobby Ryan stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 17:35NYRAndre Deveaux: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 17:35ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:40NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 17:40ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 17:58ANATeemu Selanne: Interference2 min
  6. P2 5:00ANALubomir Visnovsky: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 11:39ANASheldon Brookbank: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 19:46NYRMichael Del Zotto: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 6:32ANAGeorge Parros: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 8:12NYRDerek Stepan: Hooking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANYR
28Shots on goal25
2.6Expected goals4.3
53Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won24
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
32Hits29
17Blocked shots15
2Giveaways1
6Takeaways8

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan17:21

    xG 0.93–0.19 (83%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Gordon – Beleskey – McMillan6:49

    xG 0.10–0.19 (35%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Parros – Macenauer – Smith-Pelly4:09

    xG 0.07–0.23 (24%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Cogliano12:44

    xG 0.31–0.65 (32%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Fowler15:17

    xG 0.58–0.23 (71%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Brookbank – Sbisa7:03

    xG 0.08–0.02 (83%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Lydman – Visnovsky13:36

    xG 0.69–0.70 (50%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Wolski – Stepan3:21

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Fedotenko – Boyle – Prust4:18

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Prust – Anisimov4:27

    xG 0.02–0.10 (15%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Fedotenko – Gaborik – Stepan5:06

    xG 0.06–0.31 (16%)attempts 3–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSauer – Del Zotto15:14

    xG 0.65–0.45 (59%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Woywitka – Eminger8:42

    xG 0.28–0.17 (62%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Girardi – McDonagh18:48

    xG 0.63–0.95 (40%)attempts 12–19goals 0–1

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 4.3 xGANA 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #715 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 75% of the time.

NYR winsANA wins

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

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