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Mon, Nov 4, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Anaheim Ducks 2, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

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

NYR winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA2606013225
NYR01011508133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:29ANACorey PerryAssists: Dustin Penner, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.40 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:09ANAKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Francois Beauchemin · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:36NYRMichael Del ZottoAssists: Carl Hagelin, Ryan Callahan · Snap, 0.34 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:14ANAEmerson Etem: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 14:43ANABryan Allen: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 16:34ANARyan Getzlaf: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 18:09NYRBenoit Pouliot: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 19:10NYRDerick Brassard: Too many men on the ice2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANYR
25Shots on goal33
3.4Expected goals3.4
42Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won39
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits35
20Blocked shots10
5Giveaways5
2Takeaways6

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Penner14:23

    xG 1.82–0.54 (77%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Winnik – Cogliano – Rakell12:32

    xG 0.70–0.29 (71%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Smith-Pelly – Etem8:28

    xG 0.08–0.42 (15%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Maroon – Palmieri9:45

    xG 0.09–1.24 (7%)attempts 3–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Sbisa15:44

    xG 1.57–0.73 (68%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm16:31

    xG 0.88–1.07 (45%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1

  3. Lovejoy – Fowler17:58

    xG 0.52–0.88 (37%)attempts 8–22goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Callahan – Hagelin3:42

    xG 0.69–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Pyatt – Dorsett2:10

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Dorsett – Mashinter2:18

    xG 0.19–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Boyle – Dorsett2:21

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Moore15:59

    xG 1.12–0.25 (82%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Stralman13:34

    xG 0.83–0.41 (67%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Del Zotto2:16

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

NYR 3.4 xGANA 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #991 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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.

NYR winsANA wins

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

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