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Fri, Apr 5, 2013·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

New York Rangers 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 81% of the time.

PIT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR01306114020135
PIT0110914031227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 0:30PITJussi JokinenAssists: Chris Kunitz, Pascal Dupuis · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 15:11NYRRick NashAssists: Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. PIT Jussi Jokinen scored
  2. 2. NYR Rick Nash stopped
  3. 3. PIT Evgeni Malkin stopped
  4. 4. NYR Mats Zuccarello stopped
  5. 5. PIT Pascal Dupuis stopped
  6. 6. NYR Ryan Callahan stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:13PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 8:13NYRRyane Clowe: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 6:43PITMark Eaton: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:15NYRDarroll Powe: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 10:15NYRBrian Boyle: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 13:09PITPascal Dupuis: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0PIT
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackPIT 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.

NYRPIT
35Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals1.3
78Shot attempts44
25Faceoffs won36
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
27Hits39
15Blocked shots20
1Giveaways4
5Takeaways7

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. bestRichards – Clowe – Zuccarello12:40

    xG 0.44–0.03 (93%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Brassard – Hagelin11:00

    xG 0.45–0.21 (68%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Callahan – Stepan15:46

    xG 0.84–0.70 (55%)attempts 26–14goals 1–1

  4. Asham – Pyatt – Powe5:53

    xG 0.05–0.05 (49%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh6:02

    xG 0.88–0.02 (97%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – Del Zotto13:19

    xG 0.50–0.10 (83%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – McDonagh15:02

    xG 0.48–0.18 (73%)attempts 21–7goals 1–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestAdams – Glass – Kennedy4:22

    xG 0.38–0.04 (91%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – Jokinen – Kunitz8:37

    xG 0.11–0.30 (26%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Cooke – Morrow – Sutter8:55

    xG 0.18–0.43 (30%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Malkin – Neal12:39

    xG 0.14–1.09 (11%)attempts 12–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Engelland – Bortuzzo8:51

    xG 0.07–0.07 (50%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Niskanen13:27

    xG 0.20–0.27 (42%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Engelland2:10

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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.

PIT 1.3 xGNYR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #368 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 81% of the time.

PIT winsNYR wins

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

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