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Thu, Jan 5, 2012·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 2, New York Rangers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 91% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA18051800221
NYR1160811413341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:16FLAMarcel GocAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Matt Bradley · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:44NYRAnton StralmanAssists: Ruslan Fedotenko · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:24NYRRyan CallahanPPAssists: Brad Richards, Dan Girardi · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:00FLAMike SantorelliAssists: Brian Campbell, Mikael Samuelsson · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:29NYRMarian GaborikGWGAssists: Derek Stepan, Michael Del Zotto · Slap, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 19:45FLAMike Weaver: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 12:34NYRRuslan Fedotenko: Boarding2 min
  3. P3 3:47FLAMike Santorelli: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P3 9:17FLAMikael Samuelsson: Too many men on the ice2 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

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
21Shots on goal41
1.3Expected goals4.1
39Shot attempts74
33Faceoffs won29
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
30Hits50
17Blocked shots14
2Giveaways6
7Takeaways10

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. Kopecky – Santorelli – Matthias2:17

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Bradley – Samuelsson – Goc11:30

    xG 0.19–0.43 (30%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Santorelli – Kennedy – Thomas5:23

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Matthias – Repik8:44

    xG 0.16–0.45 (26%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Jovanovski – Campbell2:08

    xG 0.17–0.12 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Jovanovski – Gudbranson9:32

    xG 0.19–0.51 (27%)attempts 7–16goals 1–1

  3. Weaver – Kulikov16:32

    xG 0.20–0.75 (21%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Dubinsky – Callahan16:52

    xG 1.51–0.33 (82%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Anisimov – Stepan12:16

    xG 0.74–0.39 (65%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Rupp – Mitchell – Prust5:46

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Fedotenko – Boyle – Hagelin10:11

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh17:34

    xG 1.60–0.45 (78%)attempts 24–12goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Del Zotto19:33

    xG 0.90–0.38 (70%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Bickel12:29

    xG 0.55–0.18 (76%)attempts 14–12goals 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 4.1 xGFLA 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 53/100 · #550 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 91% 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).