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Fri, Dec 30, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

New York Rangers 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 59% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR3151802425
FLA0711209128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:35NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Ryan Callahan, Ryan McDonagh · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:10NYRBrad RichardsGWGAssists: Jeff Woywitka · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:37NYRMichael Del ZottoAssists: Brad Richards, Carl Hagelin · Snap, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 7:41NYRBrandon DubinskyAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P2 9:28FLAMatt BradleyAssists: Erik Gudbranson · Backhand, 0.06 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:00NYRMichael Del Zotto: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:28NYRRyan Callahan: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 15:14FLATomas Kopecky: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 5:35NYRDerek Stepan: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 19:52FLATomas Kopecky: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  6. P3 19:52NYRMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 19:52NYRMike Rupp: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P3 19:52NYRMichael Del Zotto: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 19:52FLAKrys Barch: Misconduct10 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 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthias won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRFLA
25Shots on goal28
1.6Expected goals2.1
37Shot attempts60
21Faceoffs won26
1Power plays4
23Penalty minutes22
36Hits43
18Blocked shots6
2Giveaways6
6Takeaways10

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. bestGaborik – Anisimov – Stepan9:27

    xG 0.38–0.23 (63%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Mitchell – Dubinsky6:38

    xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  3. Boyle – Dubinsky – Callahan3:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Rupp – Fedotenko – Prust4:45

    xG 0.02–0.05 (33%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Del Zotto13:41

    xG 0.59–0.40 (60%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Woywitka – Bickel5:45

    xG 0.08–0.05 (64%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Woywitka – Stralman2:21

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestKopecky – Matthias – Repik6:13

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg10:20

    xG 0.25–0.13 (67%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Santorelli – Kennedy – Thomas3:56

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Weiss – Versteeg2:47

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Garrison16:37

    xG 0.54–0.17 (76%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Jovanovski – Gudbranson8:20

    xG 0.25–0.11 (70%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Weaver – Kulikov11:53

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 14–11goals 0–3

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.

FLA 2.1 xGNYR 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1015 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 59% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).