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Mon, Apr 1, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 52% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG21107010228
NYR17114214435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:19NYRDerek StepanAssists: Ryan Callahan, Rick Nash · Snap, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:15WPGNik AntropovAssists: Kyle Wellwood · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:54WPGZach BogosianAssists: Ron Hainsey, Olli Jokinen · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:11NYRRyan CallahanSHAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Ryan McDonagh · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:46NYRDerek StepanGWGAssists: Anton Stralman, Ryan Callahan · Snap, 0.25 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:07NYRRick NashAssists: Brad Richards, Ryan Callahan · Snap, 0.05 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:03NYRDerek Stepan: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 1:02NYRMats Zuccarello: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:23NYRDan Girardi: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:39WPGEvander Kane: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:33NYRMats Zuccarello: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 17:14NYRMats Zuccarello: Delaying game smothering puck2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
28Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals3.2
70Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won21
5Power plays1
2Penalty minutes10
20Hits28
15Blocked shots25
4Giveaways7
3Takeaways6

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestAntropov – Wellwood – Tangradi9:38

    xG 0.50–0.18 (73%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little13:41

    xG 0.91–1.00 (47%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Miettinen – Kane11:15

    xG 0.33–0.76 (30%)attempts 12–13goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Byfuglien3:42

    xG 0.43–0.11 (80%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Meech – Bogosian2:37

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Bogosian3:23

    xG 0.15–0.23 (40%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Gaborik – Zuccarello12:26

    xG 1.14–0.48 (70%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Callahan – Stepan13:33

    xG 0.99–0.77 (56%)attempts 12–13goals 3–0

  3. Pyatt – Boyle – Hagelin5:46

    xG 0.10–0.15 (41%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Hagelin – Miller2:56

    xG 0.09–0.37 (19%)attempts 2–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – McDonagh12:30

    xG 1.02–0.15 (87%)attempts 16–9goals 2–1

  2. Stralman – Del Zotto3:03

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  3. Girardi – McDonagh3:23

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 7–2goals 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 3.2 xGWPG 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #320 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 52% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).