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Sat, Apr 6, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01231819439
CAR014014121149

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:00NYRDerek StepanPPAssists: Brad Richards, Ryane Clowe · Snap, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:31NYRRyan CallahanGWGAssists: Rick Nash, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:19NYRRick NashPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Michael Del Zotto · Snap, 0.20 xG3–0
  4. P3 9:27CARZac DalpeAssists: Jeff Skinner, Eric Staal · Snap, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:59NYRBrian BoyleENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.78 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:58NYRBrian Boyle: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:38CARDrayson Bowman: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 18:28NYRDarroll Powe: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:15CARJiri Tlusty: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:30CARTim Gleason: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:51NYRBrian Boyle: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 3:24CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 7:00CARPatrick Dwyer: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 11:02NYRRyan McDonagh: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 15:15NYRBrad Richards: Tripping2 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 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
39Shots on goal49
5.2Expected goals5.0
60Shot attempts89
35Faceoffs won36
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
22Hits28
22Blocked shots8
3Giveaways4
13Takeaways5

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 – Zuccarello8:00

    xG 0.93–0.22 (81%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Asham – Pyatt – Powe5:58

    xG 0.28–0.30 (48%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Callahan – Stepan7:33

    xG 0.39–0.63 (38%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Boyle – Brassard – Hagelin10:30

    xG 0.27–1.50 (15%)attempts 8–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – McDonagh14:43

    xG 1.20–0.79 (60%)attempts 16–20goals 1–0

  2. Eminger – Moore6:33

    xG 0.43–0.35 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – Del Zotto13:23

    xG 0.32–1.57 (17%)attempts 10–25goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Staal – Skinner2:22

    xG 0.67–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Dwyer – Staal – Tlusty6:19

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. LaRose – Nash – Bowman2:07

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. LaRose – Brent – Bowman2:33

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcBain – Sanguinetti7:05

    xG 0.85–0.26 (77%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Bellemore7:39

    xG 0.83–0.46 (64%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Gleason6:37

    xG 0.56–0.34 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

CAR 5.0 xGNYR 5.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #521 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 51% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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