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Sat, Mar 21, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 60% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR0721406021329
CAR1805117000230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:01CARElias LindholmAssists: Victor Rask, Danny Biega · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:39NYRJ.T. MillerAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Derick Brassard · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:59NYRJesper FastAssists: Kevin Hayes, Carl Hagelin · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:27CARRyan MurphyPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, Jordan Staal · Slap, 0.07 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Elias Lindholm stopped
  2. 2. NYR Kevin Hayes stopped
  3. 3. CAR Riley Nash stopped
  4. 4. NYR Mats Zuccarello scored
  5. 5. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:59CARPatrick Dwyer: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:36NYRRyan McDonagh: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:05CAREric Staal: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 12:35NYRCarl Hagelin: Tripping2 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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Moore won the faceoff against Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
29Shots on goal30
3.2Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts70
26Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
46Hits28
24Blocked shots10
7Giveaways14
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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestHagelin – Hayes – Fast11:13

    xG 1.06–0.27 (80%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Brassard – Zuccarello – Miller11:56

    xG 0.35–0.19 (65%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  3. Nash – Stepan – Kreider12:50

    xG 0.66–0.81 (45%)attempts 6–20goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Glass – Sheppard8:43

    xG 0.21–0.81 (21%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Yandle4:59

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Staal6:43

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Staal – McDonagh3:32

    xG 0.40–0.05 (89%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Staal – Nestrasil13:49

    xG 0.93–0.42 (69%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Rask – Lindholm12:38

    xG 0.77–0.32 (71%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  3. Semin – Nash – Skinner12:31

    xG 0.24–0.12 (66%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Dwyer – Terry4:05

    xG 0.10–0.99 (9%)attempts 5–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk16:53

    xG 1.11–0.64 (63%)attempts 29–8goals 0–0

  2. Bellemore – Murphy12:51

    xG 0.84–0.39 (68%)attempts 20–9goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Bellemore2:46

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

CAR 2.6 xGNYR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #423 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 60% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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