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Fri, Mar 14, 2014·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

New York Rangers 4, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR281718423
WPG211011010232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:15NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Benoit Pouliot, Kevin Klein · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:33WPGDustin ByfuglienAssists: Blake Wheeler, Toby Enstrom · Snap, 0.49 xG1–1
  3. P1 3:26WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Bryan Little, Michael Frolik · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 11:28NYRChris KreiderAssists: Derek Stepan, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:52NYRCarl HagelinGWGAssists: Martin St. Louis, Kevin Klein · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:50NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:44NYRAnton Stralman: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:01WPGDevin Setoguchi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 9:23WPGMark Stuart: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:53NYRMarc Staal: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:41NYRMartin St. Louis: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 0:11WPGZach Bogosian: Interference2 min
  7. P3 14:10NYRRyan McDonagh: Interference2 min
  8. P3 16:12WPGEvander Kane: 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 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against St. Louis
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRWPG
23Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals3.4
48Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits25
24Blocked shots19
14Giveaways18
2Takeaways5

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. Nash – Stepan – Kreider7:10

    xG 0.34–0.38 (47%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Moore – Boyle – Carcillo8:32

    xG 0.16–0.30 (34%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Pouliot – Hagelin9:06

    xG 0.28–0.59 (32%)attempts 6–10goals 2–1

  4. St. Louis – Brassard – Zuccarello10:35

    xG 0.04–1.19 (3%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Moore2:30

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  2. Klein – McDonagh2:18

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Staal4:15

    xG 0.09–0.19 (31%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Setoguchi – Kane9:17

    xG 0.80–0.25 (76%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  2. Ladd – Little – Frolik10:29

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  3. Thorburn – Peluso – O'Dell2:31

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPardy – Ellerby10:14

    xG 0.75–0.30 (71%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Trouba8:31

    xG 0.40–0.03 (93%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Bogosian7:12

    xG 0.18–0.08 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 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.

WPG 3.4 xGNYR 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #612 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

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

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