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Mon, Mar 18, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 1, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR1140409030130
NYR06114011052236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:09CAREric StaalAssists: Joni Pitkanen, Alexander Semin · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:06NYRDerek StepanAssists: Carl Hagelin, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Rick Nash scored
  2. 2. CAR Jiri Tlusty stopped
  3. 3. NYR Ryan Callahan stopped
  4. 4. CAR Alexander Semin stopped
  5. 5. NYR J.T. Miller scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:24NYRMarian Gaborik: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:30NYRSteve Eminger: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:33CAREric Staal: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 6:44CARAlexander Semin: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 12:31CARKevin Westgarth: Slashing2 min
  6. OT 4:55NYRBrad Richards: 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
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
30Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals4.1
65Shot attempts75
29Faceoffs won18
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits31
16Blocked shots20
9Giveaways9
7Takeaways4

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 – Staal – Bowman7:03

    xG 0.34–0.20 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Wallace – Westgarth4:12

    xG 0.15–0.12 (56%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Staal – Bowman2:41

    xG 0.23–0.21 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Staal – Tlusty12:53

    xG 0.45–0.58 (44%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Sanguinetti9:48

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Gleason – Faulk2:20

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Pitkanen – McBain14:37

    xG 0.83–1.25 (40%)attempts 13–16goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestCallahan – Hagelin – Stepan12:38

    xG 1.48–0.74 (67%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Gaborik – Nash13:06

    xG 0.78–0.56 (58%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

  3. Halpern – Powe – Haley3:49

    xG 0.14–0.04 (78%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Nash – Boyle2:08

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Del Zotto2:03

    xG 0.63–0.02 (97%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh18:42

    xG 1.06–0.76 (58%)attempts 22–22goals 0–1

  3. Eminger – Del Zotto16:05

    xG 1.12–0.90 (56%)attempts 19–20goals 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 4.1 xGCAR 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 45/100 · #406 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

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