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Tue, Nov 10, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 0, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR08014011033
NYR2301416323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:21NYRJesper FastGWGAssists: Emerson Etem, Keith Yandle · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:32NYRRick NashAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Dan Girardi · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:13NYRRyan McDonaghAssists: Rick Nash · Deflected, 0.01 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:20NYRRick Nash: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:43NYRDan Girardi: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:31NYRKevin Klein: Kneeing2 min
  4. P2 5:52CARRon Hainsey: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:06NYRMarc Staal: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:31NYRKevin Klein: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 6:28NYRJarret Stoll: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 12:39CARNathan Gerbe: High sticking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
33Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals2.1
67Shot attempts37
37Faceoffs won21
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
15Hits19
9Blocked shots19
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways11

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Staal – Terry8:48

    xG 0.54–0.10 (85%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Rask – Lindholm8:52

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 12–3goals 0–2

  3. McClement – Nordstrom – McGinn5:19

    xG 0.05–0.06 (48%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  4. Versteeg – Nash – Skinner8:20

    xG 0.17–0.23 (43%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Pesce2:35

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Faulk10:16

    xG 0.57–0.30 (66%)attempts 19–7goals 0–2

  3. Liles – Pesce11:32

    xG 0.34–0.10 (77%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Etem – Fast7:16

    xG 0.41–0.28 (59%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  2. Stalberg – Lindberg – Hayes8:25

    xG 0.21–0.32 (40%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello10:44

    xG 0.15–0.34 (31%)attempts 4–16goals 2–0

  4. Stepan – Kreider – Miller9:30

    xG 0.07–0.53 (12%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Staal4:06

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh12:02

    xG 0.15–0.43 (26%)attempts 3–16goals 2–0

  3. Boyle – Staal10:41

    xG 0.14–0.43 (25%)attempts 5–8goals 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 2.1 xGCAR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1194 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

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