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Tue, Oct 29, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New York Rangers 3, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR1401525324
NYI092708224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:30NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Brad Richards, Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:40NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Matt Carkner · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:19NYITravis HamonicAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Brock Nelson · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:59NYRRyan McDonaghPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Mats Zuccarello · Slap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:46NYRBenoit PouliotGWGAssists: Carl Hagelin, Michael Del Zotto · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 9:45NYRCarl Hagelin: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:03NYIKyle Okposo: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:31NYIKyle Okposo: Interference2 min
  4. P2 10:25NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:25NYRDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:40NYRDerek Stepan: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:30NYITravis Hamonic: Holding2 min
  8. P3 4:29NYIKyle Okposo: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  9. P3 6:44NYRCarl Hagelin: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 6:44NYIKyle Okposo: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 8:32NYRMats Zuccarello: Boarding2 min
  12. P3 0:00NYRBrad Richards: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 0:00NYRDerek Dorsett: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 0:00NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 0:00NYIJohn Tavares: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 0:00NYIJohn Tavares: Misconduct10 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
24Shots on goal24
2.6Expected goals2.4
46Shot attempts59
34Faceoffs won23
4Power plays3
25Penalty minutes29
21Hits15
17Blocked shots9
9Giveaways18
6Takeaways10

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. bestStepan – Kreider – Zuccarello10:12

    xG 0.90–0.10 (90%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Pouliot – Hagelin11:25

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Pyatt – Boyle – Dorsett2:45

    xG 0.05–0.21 (20%)attempts 3–5goals 0–2

  4. Boyle – Brassard – Miller7:01

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh14:41

    xG 0.68–0.41 (62%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Stralman13:40

    xG 0.16–0.21 (43%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Del Zotto – Moore12:10

    xG 0.49–0.74 (40%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMartin – Cizikas – Nelson6:03

    xG 0.39–0.02 (94%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Regin – Clutterbuck – Grabner7:57

    xG 0.34–0.18 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  3. Nielsen – Bouchard – Bailey10:43

    xG 0.36–0.37 (49%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares12:36

    xG 0.31–0.68 (32%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Hickey8:07

    xG 0.40–0.11 (79%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Hickey2:12

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic13:59

    xG 0.62–0.72 (46%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

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.

NYI 2.4 xGNYR 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #561 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 53% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

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