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Thu, Mar 31, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 3, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

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

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR04313010327
CAR11314211428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:05CARPatrick BrownAssists: Jeff Skinner, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:36NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Derek Stepan, Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:03NYRRick NashAssists: J.T. Miller, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:27CARJustin FaulkAssists: Sergey Tolchinsky, Ryan Murphy · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:18NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:22CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Ryan Murphy, Patrick Brown · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:06CARVictor RaskPPGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.13 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:26NYRDominic Moore: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:03CARSergey Tolchinsky: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 9:01CARRyan Murphy: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 16:54CARRon Hainsey: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:12NYRJ.T. Miller: High sticking2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
47% to win54% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ryan won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
27Shots on goal28
2.7Expected goals2.4
50Shot attempts51
24Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
32Hits20
10Blocked shots12
6Giveaways7
3Takeaways7

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 – Zuccarello8:54

    xG 1.09–0.10 (91%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Brassard – Miller7:27

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Moore – Glass – Stalberg8:29

    xG 0.33–0.35 (48%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Zuccarello – Miller4:25

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh2:34

    xG 0.36–0.09 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Yandle3:30

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  3. Klein – McDonagh14:00

    xG 0.76–0.67 (53%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTolchinsky – Brown – Ryan6:37

    xG 0.25–0.14 (65%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Skinner – Rask – Brown2:52

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Nordstrom – Lindholm12:45

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Gerbe – Malone5:52

    xG 0.21–0.26 (45%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Murphy14:44

    xG 0.80–0.69 (54%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Slavin16:49

    xG 0.60–0.79 (43%)attempts 17–13goals 1–1

  3. Pesce – Hanifin15:43

    xG 0.46–0.73 (39%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

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.

CAR 2.4 xGNYR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #186 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

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

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