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Tue, Mar 11, 2014·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

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

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0511109125
CAR01327115335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:33CARJiri TlustyAssists: Jordan Staal, Andrej Sekera · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:22NYRKevin KleinAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Benoit Pouliot · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:18CARJordan StaalGWGAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:31CARElias LindholmAssists: Jeff Skinner, Eric Staal · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:16NYRAnton Stralman: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:17CARManny Malhotra: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:20NYRRyan McDonagh: Interference2 min
  4. P1 11:20CARBrett Bellemore: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 11:20NYRRyan McDonagh: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 12:57CARRyan Murphy: Interference2 min
  7. P3 8:12NYRMats Zuccarello: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:08NYRJohn Moore: Holding2 min
  9. P3 18:37CAREric Staal: Tripping2 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 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
25Shots on goal35
2.7Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
21Hits26
17Blocked shots16
16Giveaways18
9Takeaways18

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. bestPouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello10:30

    xG 1.23–0.79 (61%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  2. Moore – Boyle – Dorsett5:19

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Richards – Hagelin10:40

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. St. Louis – Nash – Stepan2:37

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Moore11:16

    xG 0.66–0.52 (56%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh16:51

    xG 0.60–0.51 (54%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Stralman11:51

    xG 0.63–0.96 (39%)attempts 11–12goals 0–3

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Skinner – Lindholm9:49

    xG 0.91–0.48 (66%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  2. Semin – Tlusty – Staal12:40

    xG 0.59–0.27 (69%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  3. Dwyer – Gerbe – Nash9:55

    xG 0.21–0.17 (56%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Malhotra – Bowman – Loktionov4:09

    xG 0.02–0.46 (5%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bellemore17:26

    xG 0.73–0.66 (53%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  2. Harrison – Sekera3:03

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Murphy14:26

    xG 0.71–0.84 (46%)attempts 17–13goals 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.

CAR 2.6 xGNYR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #925 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

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