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Sun, Dec 11, 2011·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 1, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 78% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA170707121
NYR29413011633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:40NYRBrad RichardsPPAssists: Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:27NYRArtem AnisimovPPGWGAssists: Erik Christensen, Anton Stralman · Snap, 0.38 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:07FLAErik GudbransonAssists: Kris Versteeg, Stephen Weiss · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:45NYRDerek StepanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:43NYRSteve EmingerAssists: John Mitchell, Brian Boyle · Slap, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P2 16:53NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Artem Anisimov, Derek Stepan · Backhand, 0.33 xG1–5
  7. P2 17:48NYRDerek StepanAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:32NYRSteve Eminger: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 7:43FLAJack Skille: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 10:32FLAMikael Samuelsson: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P1 11:49NYRBrian Boyle: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 15:32FLATomas Fleischmann: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 3:44NYRBrandon Prust: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 10:47NYRBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 10:47FLAKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 11:09NYRJeff Woywitka: Holding2 min
  10. P3 0:40NYRMarian Gaborik: High sticking double minor4 min
  11. P3 11:18NYRJeff Woywitka: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
21Shots on goal33
2.1Expected goals3.8
53Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won18
7Power plays3
11Penalty minutes19
24Hits30
17Blocked shots19
5Giveaways3
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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBradley – Barch – Kennedy6:48

    xG 0.28–0.08 (79%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg9:33

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Sturm – Skille – Matthias3:08

    xG 0.07–0.06 (53%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Sturm – Samuelsson – Skille6:35

    xG 0.15–0.25 (38%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Garrison11:05

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Kulikov2:22

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Jovanovski – Gudbranson5:26

    xG 0.26–0.62 (30%)attempts 6–7goals 0–3

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Anisimov – Stepan6:22

    xG 0.96–0.24 (80%)attempts 8–7goals 2–0

  2. Boyle – Mitchell – Hagelin5:55

    xG 0.35–0.16 (69%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Fedotenko – Callahan6:29

    xG 0.09–0.02 (86%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Christensen – Dubinsky – Prust4:47

    xG 0.03–0.04 (40%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Del Zotto12:35

    xG 1.64–0.33 (83%)attempts 19–12goals 4–0

  2. Woywitka – Stralman12:28

    xG 0.32–0.14 (70%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – McDonagh12:19

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 15–12goals 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 3.8 xGFLA 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #865 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 78% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

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

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