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Thu, Nov 19, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

New York Rangers 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 58% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR070717121
TBL11007111228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:47TBLAlex KillornAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 13:43NYRDominic MooreUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:55TBLValtteri FilppulaSHGWGAssists: JT Brown · Slap, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 10:12NYRMats Zuccarello: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:54NYRDerek Stepan: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:54TBLJonathan Marchessault: Embellishment2 min
  4. P1 13:19NYRDan Boyle: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 13:19TBLJT Brown: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 5:43TBLJason Garrison: Holding2 min
  7. P3 3:51TBLAndrej Sustr: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  8. P3 5:25TBLBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 5:25NYRKevin Hayes: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 14:23NYRRyan McDonagh: Interference2 min
  11. P3 18:34TBLBrian Boyle: Interference2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
47% to win54% to win
← NYR attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTBL
21Shots on goal28
1.8Expected goals1.5
46Shot attempts52
35Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
10Penalty minutes10
33Hits21
16Blocked shots16
5Giveaways10
8Takeaways10

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. bestStepan – Kreider – Miller8:17

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Stalberg – Lindberg – Hayes9:08

    xG 0.15–0.16 (48%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Moore – Fast8:32

    xG 0.17–0.20 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello14:51

    xG 0.12–0.31 (28%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Yandle11:26

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Staal11:30

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Yandle2:56

    xG 0.13–0.04 (75%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyle – Blunden – Vermin5:15

    xG 0.23–0.07 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov14:13

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Condra – Brown10:33

    xG 0.10–0.17 (38%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Killorn – Marchessault9:20

    xG 0.23–0.31 (42%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Garrison10:20

    xG 0.24–0.07 (79%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Garrison – Witkowski2:03

    xG 0.13–0.03 (83%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Stralman2:05

    xG 0.08–0.02 (85%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

TBL 1.5 xGNYR 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #609 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 58% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

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

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