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Thu, Oct 22, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Arizona Coyotes 1, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 52% of the time.

NYR winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI15014016135
NYR06110312428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:34ARIKlas DahlbeckAssists: Max Domi, Martin Hanzal · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:06NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Marc Staal · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:35NYRKevin HayesGWGAssists: J.T. Miller · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:24NYRKeith YandlePPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Derek Stepan · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:17NYRRick NashENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.77 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:11NYRRick Nash: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 7:15NYRKeith Yandle: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:34ARITobias Rieder: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:01ARINicklas Grossmann: Interference2 min
  5. P3 6:16ARIMichael Stone: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:47NYRMarc Staal: 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
47% to win54% to win
← ARI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINYR
35Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won42
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits26
15Blocked shots5
5Giveaways5
4Takeaways9

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. bestHanzal – Duclair – Domi11:30

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Doan – Vermette – Boedker6:12

    xG 0.08–0.01 (88%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Gordon – Martinook2:04

    xG 0.07–0.02 (77%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Downie – Rieder9:21

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson15:45

    xG 0.73–0.26 (74%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Dahlbeck7:46

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Grossmann – Murphy13:12

    xG 0.46–0.60 (43%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Kreider – Fast11:06

    xG 0.70–0.35 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Lindberg – Hayes – Miller9:41

    xG 0.39–0.21 (64%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

  3. Nash – Stepan – Zuccarello11:08

    xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Moore – Stalberg7:43

    xG 0.14–0.38 (27%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – McDonagh13:14

    xG 0.80–0.58 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Yandle2:26

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Staal13:10

    xG 0.34–0.35 (49%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

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 3.0 xGARI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 37/100 · #790 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 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 52% 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).