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Tue, Mar 13, 2012·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 62% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0921109229
NYR11021216428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:02NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Dan Girardi, John Mitchell · Snap, 0.43 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:12NYRBrad RichardsAssists: Carl Hagelin · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:11NYRBrad RichardsGWGAssists: Carl Hagelin, Marian Gaborik · Snap, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:44CARTim BrentPPAssists: Eric Staal, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:16CARDrayson BowmanAssists: Brandon Sutter, Patrick Dwyer · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:00NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Marian Gaborik, Brad Richards · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:34NYRStu Bickel: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:27NYRCarl Hagelin: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 1:42NYRRuslan Fedotenko: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:41CARChad LaRose: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:34NYRMats Zuccarello: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:29CARTim Gleason: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 1:22CARAndreas Nodl: Holding2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
29Shots on goal28
3.8Expected goals4.5
60Shot attempts59
33Faceoffs won18
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits20
13Blocked shots19
8Giveaways5
0Takeaways5

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Nodl – Sutter3:48

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Dwyer – Sutter – Bowman4:46

    xG 0.53–0.57 (48%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Jokinen – LaRose – Skinner11:05

    xG 0.57–0.80 (42%)attempts 10–11goals 0–2

  4. Ruutu – Staal – Nodl2:45

    xG 0.11–0.38 (22%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – McBain2:26

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Allen – Sanguinetti4:58

    xG 0.03–0.05 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Harrison – Faulk12:54

    xG 1.50–1.66 (48%)attempts 19–19goals 1–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Gaborik – Hagelin13:59

    xG 1.79–0.48 (79%)attempts 23–9goals 3–0

  2. Dubinsky – Anisimov – Stepan3:03

    xG 0.13–0.02 (86%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Rupp – Mitchell – Zuccarello2:27

    xG 0.08–0.09 (46%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Fedotenko – Boyle – Prust8:06

    xG 0.60–0.72 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh15:47

    xG 1.95–1.27 (61%)attempts 22–17goals 2–0

  2. Staal – Bickel17:07

    xG 0.93–0.43 (68%)attempts 18–14goals 2–0

  3. Eminger – Stralman7:28

    xG 0.29–0.57 (34%)attempts 6–6goals 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 4.5 xGCAR 3.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 63/100 · #422 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 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 62% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

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