Skip to content
Ice Lab

Thu, Jan 14, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

New York Rangers 1, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

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

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01411308135
NYI010012310332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:14NYRMarc StaalAssists: Kevin Hayes, Chris Kreider · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:53NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:17NYINick LeddyPPGWGAssists: John Tavares, Kyle Okposo · Snap, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:58NYIKyle OkposoENAssists: Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.64 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:59NYRDylan McIlrath: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 4:59NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 4:59NYICal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:28NYRDominic Moore: Holding2 min
  5. P2 2:41NYIJohn Tavares: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 19:58NYRDylan McIlrath: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 19:58NYIMatt Martin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 3:23NYRDylan McIlrath: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 4:46NYIKyle Okposo: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
47% to win54% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
35Shots on goal32
4.2Expected goals3.8
73Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won19
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
27Hits21
10Blocked shots21
6Giveaways10
7Takeaways9

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. bestKreider – Hayes – Fast7:59

    xG 0.86–0.56 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Miller – Megna10:07

    xG 0.53–0.33 (61%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello13:13

    xG 0.69–0.75 (48%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Glass – Stalberg8:33

    xG 0.50–0.68 (42%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – McDonagh12:26

    xG 0.93–0.21 (82%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Yandle5:06

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Staal2:18

    xG 0.07–0.03 (73%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:30

    xG 0.13–0.16 (45%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Okposo – Kulemin9:54

    xG 0.53–0.65 (45%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  3. Grabovski – Tavares – Strome12:53

    xG 0.74–1.04 (42%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Nelson9:04

    xG 0.31–0.77 (29%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Strait – Pelech11:52

    xG 0.75–0.82 (47%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Leddy14:38

    xG 0.75–0.91 (45%)attempts 16–16goals 0–1

  3. Zidlicky – Hickey13:44

    xG 0.72–0.93 (44%)attempts 13–15goals 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.

NYI 3.8 xGNYR 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #725 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 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.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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