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Sun, Mar 15, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 1, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 73% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA06020113139
NYR112012110234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:44NYRJames SheppardAssists: Dominic Moore, Matt Hunwick · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:37NYRMatt HunwickGWGAssists: Dominic Moore, Jesper Fast · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 10:11FLABrandon PirriAssists: Nick Bjugstad · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:09FLADerek MacKenzie: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:36NYRCarl Hagelin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 18:38NYRMarc Staal: Interference2 min
  4. P3 11:19FLADave Bolland: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 17:25NYRRyan McDonagh: 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.

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 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
39Shots on goal34
3.6Expected goals2.2
98Shot attempts52
36Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits21
8Blocked shots36
9Giveaways9
12Takeaways10

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. bestJokinen – Bolland – Hayes7:47

    xG 0.98–0.10 (91%)attempts 17–3goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov11:10

    xG 1.06–0.28 (79%)attempts 26–7goals 0–0

  3. Boyes – Jokinen – Bjugstad4:22

    xG 0.22–0.02 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – MacKenzie – Upshall6:39

    xG 0.27–0.19 (59%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad17:11

    xG 1.26–0.59 (68%)attempts 33–14goals 1–1

  2. Kampfer – Kulikov15:13

    xG 0.94–0.34 (73%)attempts 20–12goals 0–1

  3. Mitchell – Gudbranson12:49

    xG 0.93–0.70 (57%)attempts 29–13goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Stepan – Kreider12:20

    xG 0.61–0.50 (55%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Hagelin – Hayes2:18

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello7:39

    xG 0.16–0.26 (38%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Sheppard – Fast8:33

    xG 0.39–0.68 (36%)attempts 9–17goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – Girardi4:31

    xG 0.03–0.13 (20%)attempts 2–11goals 0–1

  2. Hunwick – Yandle9:49

    xG 0.84–1.00 (46%)attempts 13–23goals 1–0

  3. Boyle – McDonagh2:08

    xG 0.01–0.17 (6%)attempts 1–7goals 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 2.2 xGFLA 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1055 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 73% 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).