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Mon, Mar 24, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

Phoenix Coyotes 3, New York Rangers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 80% of the time.

NYR winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHX211160400321
NYR01021111213436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:40PHXOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Mike Smith · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:22PHXJeff HalpernAssists: Kyle Chipchura, Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:10NYRBrad RichardsAssists: Carl Hagelin, Benoit Pouliot · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:53NYRDerick BrassardAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:51PHXKyle ChipchuraAssists: Zbynek Michalek · Deflected, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 16:32NYRDan GirardiAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Benoit Pouliot · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:56NYRRyan McDonaghGWGAssists: Dan Girardi, Carl Hagelin · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:11NYRRick Nash: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:09PHXMike Ribeiro: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 15:30PHXKeith Yandle: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:42NYRBenoit Pouliot: Holding2 min
  5. P2 7:52NYRRyan McDonagh: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:09PHXDavid Moss: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 13:09NYRCarl Hagelin: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 13:39NYRMarc Staal: Holding2 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXNYR
21Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals4.6
45Shot attempts63
39Faceoffs won24
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
15Hits24
15Blocked shots15
3Giveaways11
5Takeaways9

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Klinkhammer – Boedker8:57

    xG 0.29–0.23 (56%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Halpern – Moss – Chipchura8:10

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 6–10goals 1–2

  3. Erat – Vrbata – Hanzal11:46

    xG 0.27–1.20 (18%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Ribeiro – McMillan10:21

    xG 0.21–1.17 (15%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Summers – Stone11:32

    xG 0.21–0.31 (40%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson18:47

    xG 0.75–1.52 (33%)attempts 15–20goals 1–0

  3. Morris – Yandle14:21

    xG 0.32–1.32 (19%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Pouliot – Hagelin12:35

    xG 1.35–0.24 (85%)attempts 18–4goals 2–0

  2. Moore – Boyle – Dorsett8:45

    xG 0.82–0.03 (96%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello4:55

    xG 0.36–0.11 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Stepan – Kreider4:10

    xG 0.21–0.22 (49%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh18:55

    xG 1.33–0.38 (78%)attempts 25–12goals 2–0

  2. Staal – Stralman12:02

    xG 1.36–0.41 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Girardi2:14

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 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.

NYR 4.6 xGPHX 2.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #158 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 80% of the time.

NYR winsPHX wins

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

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