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Mon, Feb 29, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0130816127
NYR1805110223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:41NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:46CBJCam AtkinsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:12NYRDerek StepanSHGWGAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 10:35CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 10:35NYRDylan McIlrath: Fighting5 min
  3. P3 5:56CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 15:19NYRMarc Staal: Tripping2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYR
27Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals3.2
59Shot attempts50
33Faceoffs won32
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
29Hits25
16Blocked shots22
13Giveaways13
5Takeaways15

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner13:09

    xG 1.21–0.32 (79%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Calvert – Karlsson11:26

    xG 0.79–0.43 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Clarkson – Boll3:49

    xG 0.13–0.12 (53%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Saad – Wennberg12:09

    xG 0.40–0.89 (31%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoloubef – Savard15:53

    xG 1.18–0.50 (70%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout15:57

    xG 0.86–0.35 (71%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  3. Murray – Jones20:57

    xG 0.74–1.34 (36%)attempts 22–20goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Brassard – Zuccarello4:45

    xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Stalberg – Stepan – Kreider8:25

    xG 0.35–0.18 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Zuccarello – Miller10:18

    xG 0.51–0.42 (55%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Lindberg – Hayes8:10

    xG 0.45–0.77 (37%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Staal11:41

    xG 0.72–0.62 (54%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh17:41

    xG 0.93–0.84 (53%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  3. Klein – Yandle16:04

    xG 0.54–1.25 (30%)attempts 13–18goals 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 3.2 xGCBJ 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #715 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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 51% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

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

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