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Thu, Mar 7, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New York Rangers 2, New York Islanders 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 73% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR0130711512237
NYI112080900129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:51NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Colin McDonald, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 14:37NYRRick NashAssists: Derek Stepan, Carl Hagelin · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:42NYRMarian GaborikPPGWGAssists: Rick Nash, Derek Stepan · Slap, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 11:07NYICasey Cizikas: Holding2 min
  2. P2 11:07NYRStu Bickel: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 11:07NYIJoe Finley: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 16:05NYIKyle Okposo: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 0:21NYIMichael Grabner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. OT 0:42NYIKevin Poulin: Game misconduct team staff0 min
  7. OT 0:42NYIKyle Okposo: Misconduct10 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 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
37Shots on goal29
4.1Expected goals2.5
77Shot attempts56
23Faceoffs won18
3Power plays0
2Penalty minutes18
20Hits26
19Blocked shots19
15Giveaways9
5Takeaways5

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. bestGaborik – Callahan – Miller14:43

    xG 1.35–0.41 (77%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Hagelin – Stepan16:39

    xG 1.59–1.16 (58%)attempts 33–16goals 1–1

  3. Pyatt – Boyle – Powe10:15

    xG 0.38–0.47 (45%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Del Zotto15:42

    xG 1.51–0.55 (73%)attempts 23–11goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh19:18

    xG 1.37–0.60 (70%)attempts 30–15goals 1–0

  3. Hamrlik – Eminger9:36

    xG 0.40–0.63 (39%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Moulson – Tavares15:01

    xG 0.86–0.78 (52%)attempts 17–19goals 0–0

  2. Boulton – Martin – Cizikas7:57

    xG 0.11–0.20 (36%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey13:13

    xG 0.42–0.52 (45%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

  4. Reasoner – McDonald – Grabner7:54

    xG 0.73–0.89 (45%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinek – Hickey9:44

    xG 0.60–0.39 (61%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Hickey4:59

    xG 0.24–0.20 (54%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Martinek – Streit4:25

    xG 0.09–0.08 (52%)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.

NYI 2.5 xGNYR 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #401 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 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 73% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

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