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Mon, Mar 21, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 61% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0309215227
NYR1811529432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:15NYRViktor StalbergAssists: Dominic Moore · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:33NYRMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Derick Brassard, Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:51FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Reilly Smith · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:14NYRRick NashGWGAssists: Kevin Klein · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:24FLAJiri HudlerPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:51NYRTanner GlassENAssists: Kevin Klein · Wrist, 0.62 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 19:53FLAVincent Trocheck: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 19:53NYRDominic Moore: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:31FLAVincent Trocheck: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:06NYRDerick Brassard: Delaying game2 min
  5. P2 11:06FLASteven Kampfer: Delaying game2 min
  6. P3 9:14FLAJonathan Huberdeau: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 17:59NYRViktor Stalberg: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
27Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals3.4
48Shot attempts50
21Faceoffs won35
1Power plays2
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits17
11Blocked shots15
7Giveaways16
5Takeaways13

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Smith – Trocheck13:58

    xG 1.15–0.29 (80%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. Hudler – Purcell – Bjugstad12:18

    xG 0.39–0.47 (45%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Wilson – McKegg6:50

    xG 0.03–0.12 (19%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov10:44

    xG 0.29–0.54 (35%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – Kampfer10:06

    xG 0.48–0.08 (86%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Ekblad2:26

    xG 0.10–0.05 (68%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Ekblad16:39

    xG 0.30–0.35 (46%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Glass – Stalberg9:05

    xG 0.62–0.05 (93%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello11:52

    xG 0.62–0.33 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Brassard – Fast10:48

    xG 0.37–0.71 (34%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Hayes – Miller8:51

    xG 0.09–0.45 (16%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – McDonagh14:26

    xG 0.66–0.35 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Girardi2:03

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Girardi13:11

    xG 0.50–0.49 (51%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

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 3.4 xGFLA 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #702 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 61% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

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

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