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Tue, Jan 10, 2012·Madison Square Garden, New York

Phoenix Coyotes 1, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 87% of the time.

NYR winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHX050516031119
NYR01209110012232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:27NYRRuslan FedotenkoAssists: Brian Boyle, Carl Hagelin · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:37PHXRadim VrbataAssists: Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Michal Rozsival · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR John Mitchell stopped
  2. 2. PHX Oliver Ekman-Larsson stopped
  3. 3. NYR Brad Richards stopped
  4. 4. PHX Radim Vrbata scored
  5. 5. NYR Marian Gaborik scored
  6. 6. PHX Mikkel Boedker stopped
  7. 7. NYR Artem Anisimov stopped
  8. 8. PHX Adrian Aucoin stopped
  9. 9. NYR Ryan Callahan stopped
  10. 10. PHX Ray Whitney stopped
  11. 11. NYR Derek Stepan scored
  12. 12. PHX Shane Doan stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:57NYRMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:57PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 15:44PHXRadim Vrbata: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 17:50NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 17:50PHXDaymond Langkow: Roughing2 min
  6. OT 3:10PHXAdrian Aucoin: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXNYR
19Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals4.2
45Shot attempts60
14Faceoffs won33
0Power plays1
9Penalty minutes7
29Hits39
15Blocked shots16
6Giveaways8
8Takeaways13

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Vrbata – Pouliot3:39

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Torres – Gordon – Bissonnette2:40

    xG 0.12–0.02 (86%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Langkow – Doan – Boedker13:41

    xG 0.48–0.53 (47%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Vrbata – Chipchura10:13

    xG 0.37–0.59 (38%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Rozsival – Klesla15:04

    xG 0.46–0.85 (35%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson20:13

    xG 0.63–1.23 (34%)attempts 13–22goals 0–0

  3. Morris – Yandle16:21

    xG 0.22–1.00 (18%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFedotenko – Boyle – Hagelin10:46

    xG 0.94–0.13 (88%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Dubinsky – Callahan15:17

    xG 1.18–0.39 (75%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Rupp – Mitchell – Prust4:36

    xG 0.63–0.17 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Anisimov – Stepan13:15

    xG 0.60–0.57 (51%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh18:32

    xG 1.69–0.47 (78%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Del Zotto16:54

    xG 0.89–0.14 (87%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Bickel11:13

    xG 0.88–0.58 (60%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

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 4.2 xGPHX 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #772 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 87% of the time.

NYR winsPHX wins

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

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