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Thu, Apr 18, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 1, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

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

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA112011012135
NYR21111138630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05NYRDerick BrassardPPAssists: Rick Nash, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.49 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:10NYRRick NashPPGWGAssists: Ryan Callahan, Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:17FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Shawn Matthias, TJ Brennan · Snap, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:34NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Ryane Clowe · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:11NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Brad Richards · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–4
  6. P3 16:35NYRDerick BrassardAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Rick Nash · Slap, 0.21 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:36NYRBrad RichardsAssists: Taylor Pyatt, Ryan McDonagh · Wrap-around, 0.12 xG1–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:23FLAErik Gudbranson: Concealing puck2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:32FLADmitry Kulikov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:27FLAGreg Rallo: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:02FLADmitry Kulikov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:56NYRMats Zuccarello: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:39FLAJack Skille: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 4:39NYRJohn Moore: Fighting5 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
35Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals5.0
57Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won24
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
23Hits27
8Blocked shots12
12Giveaways9
6Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestKopecky – Goc – Fleischmann13:05

    xG 0.59–0.46 (56%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Matthias – Shore – Huberdeau7:44

    xG 0.49–0.43 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  3. Upshall – Skille – Bjugstad5:22

    xG 0.09–0.19 (33%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Upshall – Bjugstad – Howden3:45

    xG 0.27–0.38 (41%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Petrovic2:46

    xG 0.38–0.07 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Weaver2:13

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Gudbranson12:35

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Pyatt – Zuccarello8:55

    xG 1.71–0.51 (77%)attempts 14–8goals 2–1

  2. Clowe – Nash – Brassard13:34

    xG 0.78–0.33 (70%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Clowe – Zuccarello2:28

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Callahan – Hagelin – Stepan15:12

    xG 0.99–0.97 (50%)attempts 13–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Moore10:56

    xG 2.04–0.50 (80%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Del Zotto18:25

    xG 1.13–1.05 (52%)attempts 15–20goals 2–1

  3. Girardi – McDonagh18:55

    xG 0.64–0.71 (48%)attempts 11–15goals 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 5.0 xGFLA 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #538 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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.

NYR winsFLA wins

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

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