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Sat, Nov 2, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 1, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 61% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0915014128
NYR112215211538

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:26NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Benoit Pouliot, Brad Richards · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:16NYRCarl HagelinGWGAssists: Taylor Pyatt, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:54NYRDerek StepanPPAssists: Chris Kreider, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:23CARAndrej SekeraPPAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:09NYRDerek StepanAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.21 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:37NYRDerek StepanAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:49NYRTaylor Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:00CARNathan Gerbe: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:26CARPatrick Dwyer: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:25NYRRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:25CARManny Malhotra: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 6:10NYRCarl Hagelin: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 13:36CARRyan Murphy: Clipping2 min
  8. P2 15:29CARManny Malhotra: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 17:56NYRDerek Dorsett: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  10. P2 17:56CARJay Harrison: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 17:56NYRDerek Dorsett: Roughing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
28Shots on goal38
3.2Expected goals3.9
50Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
12Penalty minutes10
17Hits22
15Blocked shots10
2Giveaways7
5Takeaways10

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSemin – Staal – Staal10:45

    xG 1.47–0.33 (82%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Malhotra – Sutter – Bowman5:53

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Dwyer – Tlusty – Nash6:54

    xG 0.11–0.23 (32%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

  4. Ruutu – Gerbe – Lindholm10:45

    xG 0.08–0.86 (8%)attempts 2–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Murphy6:38

    xG 0.53–0.21 (72%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Faulk13:14

    xG 1.14–0.96 (54%)attempts 13–17goals 0–3

  3. Hainsey – Bellemore10:23

    xG 0.20–0.35 (37%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Pouliot – Hagelin12:32

    xG 0.85–0.31 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello9:17

    xG 0.60–0.43 (58%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  3. Pyatt – Mashinter – Miller2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Dorsett – Mashinter3:00

    xG 0.07–0.09 (44%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stralman15:30

    xG 1.03–0.60 (63%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Del Zotto – Moore14:04

    xG 0.57–0.30 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – McDonagh16:47

    xG 0.85–1.54 (36%)attempts 17–25goals 3–0

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 3.9 xGCAR 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #896 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYR 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 61% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

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