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Sat, Nov 7, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

New York Rangers 4, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 73% of the time.

ARI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR11431006430
ARI01309118140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:00NYRJesper FastAssists: Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:07NYRJ.T. MillerGWGAssists: Chris Kreider, Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:36NYRChris KreiderAssists: Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:26NYRKevin HayesPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Oscar Lindberg · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–0
  5. P3 19:55ARIShane DoanPPAssists: Kyle Chipchura, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:25ARIMichael Stone: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:11NYRJarret Stoll: Holding2 min
  3. P2 11:07ARIBrad Richardson: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:47NYROscar Lindberg: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 6:26NYRRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:40ARIShane Doan: Interference2 min
  7. P3 18:53NYROscar Lindberg: High sticking2 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← NYR attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRARI
30Shots on goal40
1.7Expected goals3.0
47Shot attempts72
28Faceoffs won34
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
33Hits22
20Blocked shots7
2Giveaways4
5Takeaways2

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. Stalberg – Lindberg – Hayes9:25

    xG 0.15–0.12 (55%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Zuccarello – Etem12:15

    xG 0.40–0.42 (49%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Miller6:56

    xG 0.14–0.23 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 2–0

  4. Stoll – Moore – Fast9:53

    xG 0.29–0.39 (42%)attempts 4–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Staal10:06

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 2–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh12:41

    xG 0.62–0.58 (52%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Girardi4:17

    xG 0.03–0.21 (14%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHanzal – Rieder – Duclair11:15

    xG 0.74–0.47 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Domi – Gaudet3:01

    xG 0.10–0.02 (83%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Boedker – Martinook2:57

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Gordon – Downie – Gaudet4:20

    xG 0.02–0.06 (24%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson12:59

    xG 0.55–0.33 (62%)attempts 13–8goals 0–2

  2. Dahlbeck – Murphy3:15

    xG 0.21–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Dahlbeck8:18

    xG 0.40–0.33 (54%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

ARI 3.0 xGNYR 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1051 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 73% of the time.

ARI winsNYR wins

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

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