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Wed, Oct 16, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

New York Rangers 2, Washington Capitals 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 72% of the time.

WSH winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01122104236
WSH080608022

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:05NYRJohn MooreGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Ryan McDonagh · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:51NYRRyan CallahanAssists: Brad Richards, Derick Brassard · Snap, 0.19 xG2–0
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:03WSHTroy Brouwer: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:03NYRMarc Staal: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 10:15NYRAnton Stralman: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 11:20NYRTaylor Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 17:42NYRJustin Falk: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:42WSHTom Wilson: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 1:40WSHEric Fehr: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 10:42NYRAnton Stralman: Holding2 min
  9. P2 11:19WSHAlex Ovechkin: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 8:17WSHTom Wilson: Interference2 min
  11. P3 9:12NYRBrad 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRWSH
36Shots on goal22
3.3Expected goals2.0
61Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won37
3Power plays4
15Penalty minutes13
35Hits21
22Blocked shots13
4Giveaways11
5Takeaways9

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 – Callahan – Brassard13:21

    xG 1.60–0.45 (78%)attempts 30–11goals 1–0

  2. Pyatt – Boyle – Fast6:26

    xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Stepan – Zuccarello7:36

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Dorsett – Miller6:32

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stralman16:24

    xG 0.98–0.42 (70%)attempts 23–12goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh14:03

    xG 0.62–0.19 (77%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Girardi2:37

    xG 0.15–0.06 (70%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. Erat – Beagle – Wilson3:40

    xG 0.02–0.05 (26%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Ward – Fehr8:12

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Laich – Grabovski – Brouwer12:38

    xG 0.35–0.82 (30%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson13:28

    xG 0.25–1.18 (17%)attempts 15–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlzner – Carlson4:21

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Oleksy – Schmidt7:51

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Urbom – Oleksy2:45

    xG 0.02–0.04 (37%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

WSH 2.0 xGNYR 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1213 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50WSH 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 72% of the time.

WSH winsNYR wins

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

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