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Sat, Nov 1, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 1, New York Rangers 0 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 79% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG060808032125
NYR010016010021038

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. No goals in regulation or overtime.

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Mats Zuccarello scored
  2. 2. WPG Blake Wheeler scored
  3. 3. NYR Rick Nash stopped
  4. 4. WPG Andrew Ladd stopped
  5. 5. NYR Dominic Moore stopped
  6. 6. WPG Bryan Little stopped
  7. 7. NYR Martin St. Louis stopped
  8. 8. WPG Evander Kane scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:48WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:56WPGJim Slater: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:08NYRDerick Brassard: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:01WPGTJ Galiardi: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:54NYRAnthony Duclair: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:54WPGJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:25NYRMarc Staal: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:39WPGAndrew Ladd: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
25Shots on goal38
2.5Expected goals4.6
62Shot attempts72
29Faceoffs won32
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
27Hits25
18Blocked shots20
9Giveaways20
7Takeaways8

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Little – Frolik9:14

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Galiardi3:50

    xG 0.08–0.02 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Kane – Scheifele11:56

    xG 0.53–0.63 (46%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Bogosian9:04

    xG 0.83–0.23 (78%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Clitsome – Postma4:47

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba10:44

    xG 0.11–1.05 (9%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Kreider – Duclair6:05

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Stempniak – Hagelin9:55

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Kreider – Hayes2:47

    xG 0.04–0.03 (57%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello11:49

    xG 0.53–0.62 (46%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Kostka5:41

    xG 0.59–0.05 (93%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Kostka11:25

    xG 0.64–0.39 (62%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Girardi10:32

    xG 0.40–0.42 (49%)attempts 11–14goals 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 xGWPG 2.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1067 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 0 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 79% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

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