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Sat, Feb 2, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

New York Rangers 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 56% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01111524330
TBL0819115232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:22TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Matt Carle, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:50NYRDerek StepanAssists: Taylor Pyatt, Carl Hagelin · Backhand, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:04NYRRick NashAssists: Brad Richards, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:47NYRCarl HagelinGWGAssists: Taylor Pyatt · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:39TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Matt Carle, Ryan Malone · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 3:16NYRStu Bickel: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:42TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 19:14TBLEric Brewer: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTBL
30Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals1.9
55Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won38
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
25Hits26
10Blocked shots8
4Giveaways10
7Takeaways13

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Hagelin – Stepan15:35

    xG 0.93–0.40 (70%)attempts 17–12goals 2–0

  2. Richards – Gaborik – Nash17:39

    xG 0.58–0.68 (46%)attempts 17–19goals 1–0

  3. Asham – Halpern – Boyle11:27

    xG 0.15–0.40 (27%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Gilroy5:39

    xG 0.49–0.16 (75%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Del Zotto16:33

    xG 0.52–0.40 (56%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Del Zotto2:18

    xG 0.02–0.06 (24%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestLecavalier – Purcell – Conacher2:14

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Pyatt – Tyrell4:18

    xG 0.24–0.06 (79%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos3:07

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

  4. Lecavalier – Malone – Conacher8:51

    xG 0.25–0.33 (42%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLee – Aulie7:18

    xG 0.25–0.00 (98%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Hedman2:29

    xG 0.19–0.14 (57%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  3. Carle – Lee2:33

    xG 0.02–0.10 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

TBL 1.9 xGNYR 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

TBL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line TBL is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #483 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 56% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

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

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