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Thu, Oct 16, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 1, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 81% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR01315010020130
NYR08012111031234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:53CARChris TerryAssists: Ryan Murphy, Tim Gleason · Snap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:40NYRDerick BrassardAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Dan Girardi · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Mats Zuccarello stopped
  2. 2. CAR Alexander Semin stopped
  3. 3. NYR Lee Stempniak stopped
  4. 4. CAR Chris Terry stopped
  5. 5. NYR Rick Nash scored
  6. 6. CAR Ryan Murphy stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:28CARTim Gleason: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:16NYRChris Kreider: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 19:08CARNathan Gerbe: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:51CARJay Harrison: Interference2 min
  5. P2 8:37CARBrett Bellemore: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:18NYRRyan McDonagh: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:08NYRMarc Staal: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 5:52CARTim Gleason: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 5:52NYRMarc Staal: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 13:22CARJay Harrison: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rask won the faceoff against St. Louis
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
30Shots on goal34
1.8Expected goals3.7
47Shot attempts66
44Faceoffs won23
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
20Hits26
22Blocked shots8
6Giveaways20
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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Terry – Boychuk5:11

    xG 0.18–0.12 (59%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. McClement – Malone – Boychuk2:15

    xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Gerbe – Rask – Lindholm9:58

    xG 0.14–0.28 (33%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Tlusty – Nash9:39

    xG 0.27–0.45 (37%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bellemore12:40

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Faulk13:00

    xG 0.33–0.67 (33%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Gleason – Murphy10:54

    xG 0.23–0.64 (27%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestMalone – Brassard – Zuccarello3:18

    xG 0.82–0.02 (97%)attempts 11–1goals 0–1

  2. Brassard – Kreider – Zuccarello3:15

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  3. Stempniak – Hagelin – Hayes3:56

    xG 0.10–0.02 (81%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Stempniak – Hagelin2:54

    xG 0.11–0.06 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh12:25

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Klein – Staal13:10

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Staal – McDonagh2:47

    xG 0.02–0.04 (39%)attempts 1–1goals 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 3.7 xGCAR 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #577 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 81% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

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