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Thu, Feb 26, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Arizona Coyotes 3, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI31709014340
NYR112212114438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:41ARIMark ArcobelloAssists: David Moss, Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:11NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Kevin Hayes, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:54ARISam GagnerPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:20ARISam GagnerPPAssists: Michael Stone, Martin Erat · Snap, 0.30 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:33NYRLee StempniakAssists: John Moore · Tip-in, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:48NYRChris KreiderPPUnassisted · Backhand, 0.29 xG3–3
  7. P3 17:46NYRLee StempniakGWGAssists: Kevin Hayes · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:29ARIBrandon Gormley: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:39NYRJohn Moore: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:39ARIKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 16:20NYRMartin St. Louis: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 17:23NYRKevin Klein: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 10:22NYRKevin Klein: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P2 18:54ARIMichael Stone: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P2 19:48ARIMike Smith: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 18:39NYRMartin St. Louis: Hooking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINYR
40Shots on goal38
4.2Expected goals4.2
64Shot attempts68
43Faceoffs won25
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes15
22Hits14
19Blocked shots8
13Giveaways16
4Takeaways7

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestChipchura – Gagner – Rieder8:53

    xG 0.92–0.82 (53%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Erat – Moss – Arcobello11:06

    xG 0.71–0.64 (52%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. Doan – Vermette – Lessio11:16

    xG 0.75–0.87 (46%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Vitale – Samuelsson7:07

    xG 0.16–0.40 (28%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Campbell14:49

    xG 1.64–1.06 (61%)attempts 24–15goals 0–1

  2. Gormley – Murphy11:38

    xG 0.95–0.46 (67%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Stone – Ekman-Larsson17:02

    xG 0.28–1.47 (16%)attempts 9–24goals 1–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Brassard – Zuccarello12:07

    xG 0.67–0.41 (62%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  2. Moore – Stempniak – Glass7:09

    xG 0.60–0.43 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Hagelin – Hayes – Miller8:24

    xG 0.42–0.72 (37%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  4. St. Louis – Stepan – Kreider12:09

    xG 0.69–1.02 (40%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Moore8:47

    xG 0.59–0.08 (88%)attempts 18–3goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh14:03

    xG 1.32–0.93 (59%)attempts 16–19goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Moore4:24

    xG 0.01–0.42 (3%)attempts 1–8goals 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 4.2 xGARI 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #239 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsARI wins

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

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