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Sun, Feb 19, 2012·Madison Square Garden, New York

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, New York Rangers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 85% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ041111800223
NYR1101150911335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:49NYRBrad RichardsAssists: Carl Hagelin, Michael Del Zotto · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:26CBJDerick BrassardPPAssists: Antoine Vermette · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:13NYRArtem AnisimovAssists: Dan Girardi, John Mitchell · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:27CBJRick NashAssists: Jeff Carter, R.J. Umberger · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:22NYRDerek StepanGWGAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Marian Gaborik · Snap, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 1:26NYRCarl Hagelin: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:21NYRMarian Gaborik: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:31CBJDerek Dorsett: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:59CBJRick Nash: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:41NYRSteve Eminger: Holding2 min
  6. P3 12:17NYRAnton Stralman: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYR
23Shots on goal35
1.6Expected goals4.0
38Shot attempts66
27Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
23Hits21
20Blocked shots10
6Giveaways4
3Takeaways9

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Pahlsson – Vermette – Dorsett9:55

    xG 0.15–0.10 (59%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. MacKenzie – Gillies – Johansen7:45

    xG 0.09–0.24 (27%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  3. Umberger – Nash – Brassard10:40

    xG 0.13–0.65 (17%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  4. Prospal – Carter – Letestu10:35

    xG 0.15–1.04 (13%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Clitsome – Savard10:31

    xG 0.22–0.36 (38%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Lebda – Moore18:03

    xG 0.30–0.98 (23%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson17:10

    xG 0.11–1.22 (9%)attempts 10–22goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Anisimov – Stepan13:13

    xG 0.76–0.07 (91%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Callahan – Hagelin14:52

    xG 1.12–0.50 (69%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  3. Boyle – Dubinsky – Prust7:42

    xG 0.20–0.04 (84%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Del Zotto13:37

    xG 1.24–0.10 (93%)attempts 20–4goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh16:27

    xG 1.07–0.09 (92%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Del Zotto4:03

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 2–3goals 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 4.0 xGCBJ 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #376 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 85% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

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

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