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Thu, Apr 9, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Ottawa Senators 3, New York Rangers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 57% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0628113327
NYR0905012026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:31OTTClarke MacArthurGWGAssists: Mark Stone, Kyle Turris · Slap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:35OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Eric Gryba · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:21OTTJean-Gabriel PageauENAssists: Curtis Lazar, Mark Borowiecki · Wrist, 0.58 xG3–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:35NYRMartin St. Louis: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 13:44OTTMika Zibanejad: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 15:06OTTBobby Ryan: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 13:36NYRDerek Stepan: Tripping2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYR
27Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals2.9
45Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
25Hits19
18Blocked shots5
1Giveaways7
7Takeaways4

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCondra – Pageau – Lazar11:23

    xG 0.71–0.22 (77%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Hoffman – Zibanejad14:20

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Legwand – Smith – Chiasson6:46

    xG 0.20–0.19 (51%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Turris – Stone13:00

    xG 0.31–0.68 (31%)attempts 8–14goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Wiercioch3:17

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Methot – Karlsson15:12

    xG 0.68–0.69 (49%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Wiercioch – Ceci12:20

    xG 0.22–0.26 (45%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Kreider – Miller10:31

    xG 0.67–0.14 (82%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Bourque – Fast2:09

    xG 0.05–0.01 (89%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Glass – Sheppard2:43

    xG 0.15–0.16 (47%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Glass – Sheppard – Brassard6:13

    xG 0.02–0.13 (12%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Boyle – Summers14:31

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Summers2:00

    xG 0.05–0.09 (36%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Hunwick – Yandle14:04

    xG 0.56–0.62 (47%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

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 2.9 xGOTT 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1130 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 57% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

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

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