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Fri, Mar 7, 2014·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 67% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR015011418444
CAR1601117224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:49CARJordan StaalAssists: Alexander Semin, Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 7:25NYRRyan McDonaghSHAssists: Rick Nash · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:07CARJeff SkinnerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:24NYRRick NashAssists: Derek Stepan, John Moore · Deflected, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:14NYRDerek StepanPPGWGAssists: Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:19NYRCarl HagelinENAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Dan Girardi · Backhand, 0.61 xG4–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:55CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:04CARDrayson Bowman: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:52NYRCarl Hagelin: Holding2 min
  4. P2 4:09NYRBrian Boyle: Elbowing2 min
  5. P2 11:29NYRDaniel Carcillo: Interference2 min
  6. P3 6:36NYRMats Zuccarello: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 12:07NYRAnton Stralman: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  8. P3 12:16NYRChris Kreider: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:16CARBrett Bellemore: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 15:30CARRon Hainsey: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  11. P3 16:02CARBrett Bellemore: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Nash
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
44Shots on goal24
4.5Expected goals3.4
75Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
21Hits14
11Blocked shots15
7Giveaways5
9Takeaways11

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. bestSt. Louis – Richards – Hagelin7:39

    xG 0.60–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Boyle – Carcillo5:48

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Stepan – Kreider6:03

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Pouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello10:16

    xG 0.62–0.93 (40%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stralman13:19

    xG 1.14–0.03 (98%)attempts 19–4goals 0–0

  2. Klein – Moore7:57

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Staal2:00

    xG 0.07–0.21 (25%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Gerbe – Nash9:15

    xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Tlusty – Staal7:20

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Skinner – Lindholm8:45

    xG 0.18–0.80 (18%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bellemore14:09

    xG 0.85–0.32 (72%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Liles – Sekera9:24

    xG 0.66–0.36 (64%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Harrison – Murphy9:45

    xG 0.37–0.82 (31%)attempts 7–18goals 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.

CAR 3.4 xGNYR 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #257 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 67% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

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