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Mon, Nov 25, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

New York Rangers 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 64% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR017010010037
TBL21021213525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:12TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Teddy Purcell, Eric Brewer · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:10TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:12TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Andrej Sustr · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:52TBLTeddy PurcellUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 18:59TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Martin St. Louis, Alex Killorn · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:14TBLPierre-Cedric Labrie: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:14NYRDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:15NYRMichael Del Zotto: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 9:26TBLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 13:42TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 min
  6. P2 5:51TBLAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 6:49TBLB.J. Crombeen: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 9:01NYRMarc Staal: Interference2 min
  9. P2 11:34NYRAnton Stralman: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 2:19TBLAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 11:19TBLVictor Hedman: Cross checking2 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 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTBL
37Shots on goal25
2.3Expected goals1.6
74Shot attempts39
24Faceoffs won27
6Power plays3
11Penalty minutes17
13Hits17
7Blocked shots24
5Giveaways8
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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestCallahan – Pouliot – Brassard3:42

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello9:05

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Nash – Hagelin3:26

    xG 0.15–0.07 (67%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  4. Moore – Boyle – Dorsett7:19

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Moore11:05

    xG 0.56–0.43 (57%)attempts 16–9goals 0–2

  2. Girardi – McDonagh11:02

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 17–7goals 0–2

  3. Staal – Stralman15:13

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. Crombeen – Thompson – Palat2:35

    xG 0.04–0.02 (62%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Panik – Palat9:48

    xG 0.17–0.18 (48%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Filppula – Brown11:54

    xG 0.44–0.54 (45%)attempts 9–15goals 2–0

  4. Purcell – Killorn – Kucherov8:42

    xG 0.32–0.45 (42%)attempts 6–13goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. Salo – Hedman11:57

    xG 0.40–0.36 (52%)attempts 7–14goals 2–0

  2. Brewer – Barberio10:29

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Carle – Sustr14:21

    xG 0.29–0.50 (37%)attempts 8–21goals 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.

TBL 1.6 xGNYR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1174 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 64% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).