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Mon, Feb 2, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 3, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA112210014336
NYR1928321638

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:09FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:49NYRRick NashSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:51NYRKevin HayesPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Ryan McDonagh · Slap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:28NYRMarc StaalAssists: Jesper Fast, Carl Hagelin · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 12:51FLADave BollandAssists: Sean Bergenheim, Jussi Jokinen · Tip-in, 0.35 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:30FLABrandon PirriPPAssists: Dave Bolland, Brad Boyes · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:10NYRDan BoyleGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P3 15:58NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Chris Kreider, Derick Brassard · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:07NYRRick NashENAssists: Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.68 xG3–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:49NYRDan Girardi: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:52FLAAlexander Petrovic: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:04NYRDan Girardi: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:45FLADave Bolland: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 10:58FLATomas Kopecky: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 16:41FLAErik Gudbranson: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  7. P3 17:35FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:35NYRMarc Staal: Roughing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
36Shots on goal38
3.1Expected goals4.4
64Shot attempts60
31Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits18
9Blocked shots16
4Giveaways8
3Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Huberdeau – Barkov12:46

    xG 1.27–0.23 (85%)attempts 27–5goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Bergenheim – Bolland9:55

    xG 0.52–0.28 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 1–2

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – Kopecky8:26

    xG 0.37–0.42 (47%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Pirri – Bjugstad11:42

    xG 0.45–0.99 (31%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad15:16

    xG 0.79–0.51 (61%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  2. Kulikov – Petrovic12:53

    xG 1.18–1.00 (54%)attempts 17–8goals 2–1

  3. Mitchell – Gudbranson16:54

    xG 0.50–0.62 (44%)attempts 18–20goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Kreider – Zuccarello3:25

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Moore – Hagelin – Fast3:53

    xG 0.31–0.14 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Brassard – Hagelin – Fast8:20

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. St. Louis – Nash – Stepan12:45

    xG 0.39–0.59 (40%)attempts 13–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Moore12:37

    xG 0.55–0.34 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh16:28

    xG 1.28–1.28 (50%)attempts 18–24goals 1–1

  3. Klein – Staal15:07

    xG 0.51–0.60 (46%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

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 4.4 xGFLA 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #163 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 69% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

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

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