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Tue, Jan 24, 2012·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 0, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 88% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0606010022
NYR11118112331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:05NYRRyan CallahanGWGAssists: Anton Stralman, Brian Boyle · Snap, 0.50 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:22NYRJohn MitchellAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:22NYRBrad RichardsAssists: Ryan Callahan · Snap, 0.22 xG0–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:14NYRMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:14WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 0:36WPGJim Slater: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:33NYRMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:33WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:53WPGEric Fehr: Holding2 min
  7. P2 16:43NYRDan Girardi: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 3:49WPGEric Fehr: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 6:29WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 17:05NYRMarian Gaborik: Interference2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
22Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals5.7
56Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
18Penalty minutes14
34Hits32
13Blocked shots17
4Giveaways7
2Takeaways6

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little8:28

    xG 0.77–0.12 (87%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Glass6:31

    xG 0.23–0.27 (46%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Antropov – Wellwood – Ladd6:46

    xG 0.03–0.20 (13%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Miettinen – Wheeler – Little5:25

    xG 0.09–0.82 (10%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Jones9:27

    xG 0.61–0.10 (85%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Bogosian5:42

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Oduya2:44

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyle – Dubinsky – Callahan5:14

    xG 0.74–0.14 (84%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Fedotenko – Prust6:27

    xG 0.39–0.06 (87%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Rupp – Mitchell – Anisimov3:45

    xG 0.36–0.12 (76%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Fedotenko – Boyle – Prust4:34

    xG 0.13–0.09 (58%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh16:45

    xG 1.44–0.41 (78%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Del Zotto15:24

    xG 1.06–0.58 (64%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Stralman2:10

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

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 5.7 xGWPG 2.7 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1179 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 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 88% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

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