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Tue, Oct 13, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 4, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 56% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11118210429
NYR11302008141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:45NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Derick Brassard, Rick Nash · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:31WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford · Slap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:49WPGBryan LittleSHGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:35WPGBryan LittlePPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler · Slap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:56WPGMark StuartENAssists: Adam Lowry · Slap, 0.71 xG4–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 7:23NYRKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:12NYRTanner Glass: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:12WPGMark Scheifele: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 2:11WPGAdam Pardy: Interference2 min
  5. P2 8:51WPGTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 11:37WPGMathieu Perreault: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 14:07NYRMarc Staal: Holding2 min
  8. P2 14:44WPGNic Petan: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 17:45WPGMathieu Perreault: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 1:53NYROscar Lindberg: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 9:51NYRDerick Brassard: Slashing2 min · PPG
  12. P3 12:57NYRRick Nash: Slashing2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
47% to win54% to win
← WPG attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
29Shots on goal41
3.2Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts60
22Faceoffs won34
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
22Hits25
13Blocked shots12
7Giveaways15
6Takeaways14

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Burmistrov – Lowry9:01

    xG 0.60–0.34 (64%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Copp – Petan3:55

    xG 0.23–0.06 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Scheifele – Ehlers8:50

    xG 0.19–0.23 (45%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little9:13

    xG 0.29–0.59 (33%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba11:09

    xG 0.66–0.39 (63%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Pardy11:40

    xG 0.36–0.49 (42%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Myers12:09

    xG 0.43–0.96 (31%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Brassard – Zuccarello9:54

    xG 1.05–0.09 (92%)attempts 16–2goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Kreider – Hayes8:42

    xG 0.76–0.47 (62%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Stalberg – Lindberg – Miller6:12

    xG 0.10–0.09 (52%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Moore – Glass6:44

    xG 0.00–0.58 (0%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – McIlrath9:20

    xG 0.65–0.47 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh11:25

    xG 0.46–0.28 (62%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Klein – Staal12:01

    xG 0.87–0.80 (52%)attempts 16–9goals 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 3.5 xGWPG 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #740 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 56% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

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