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Wed, Dec 31, 2014·BB&T Center, Sunrise

New York Rangers 5, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 84% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR112212210534
FLA071518220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:42NYRChris KreiderAssists: Derek Stepan, Kevin Klein · Slap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:29NYRDerick BrassardAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Carl Hagelin · Slap, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:28NYRRyan McDonaghPPGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:38FLATomas FleischmannAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:39FLAJimmy HayesPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Dave Bolland · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:51NYRMartin St. LouisAssists: Derek Stepan, Chris Kreider · Tip-in, 0.25 xG4–2
  7. P3 15:35NYRDominic MooreAssists: Martin St. Louis, Derek Stepan · Slap, 0.29 xG5–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:53NYRChris Kreider: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 6:53FLADerek MacKenzie: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 7:08NYRDerick Brassard: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:22FLADmitry Kulikov: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:35NYRRick Nash: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 1:12FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 7:12NYRMarc Staal: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRFLA
34Shots on goal20
2.7Expected goals0.9
49Shot attempts45
24Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits30
16Blocked shots7
1Giveaways6
3Takeaways7

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. bestMoore – Stempniak – Miller9:26

    xG 0.56–0.10 (85%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Stepan – Kreider10:41

    xG 0.47–0.10 (83%)attempts 7–6goals 2–1

  3. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello10:17

    xG 0.52–0.21 (71%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Hagelin – Hayes – Fast9:15

    xG 0.03–0.18 (13%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh14:30

    xG 0.95–0.22 (81%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Staal11:01

    xG 0.80–0.22 (79%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  3. Klein – Hunwick11:13

    xG 0.34–0.11 (75%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Jokinen – Upshall – Bolland5:02

    xG 0.13–0.10 (57%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. MacKenzie – Upshall – Trocheck2:53

    xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Fleischmann – Bjugstad3:55

    xG 0.02–0.01 (63%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Bergenheim – Trocheck – Barkov2:44

    xG 0.03–0.04 (42%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Campbell – Ekblad19:34

    xG 0.17–0.58 (23%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

  2. Mitchell – Kulikov17:15

    xG 0.33–0.91 (27%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  3. Olsen – Gudbranson13:18

    xG 0.17–1.00 (14%)attempts 10–16goals 0–2

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.

FLA 0.9 xGNYR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #333 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 84% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

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

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