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Sun, Oct 23, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Arizona Coyotes 2, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 82% of the time.

NYR winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1811308229
NYR1101719326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:33ARIRadim VrbataAssists: Connor Murphy · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:13NYRJosh JoorisAssists: Michael Grabner, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:45NYRJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Brandon Pirri · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:18ARIRadim VrbataAssists: Max Domi, Christian Dvorak · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:55NYRDan GirardiGWGAssists: Brady Skjei · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:34ARIAlex Goligoski: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:24ARIJakob Chychrun: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:43NYRRick Nash: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
44% to win56% to win
← ARI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINYR
29Shots on goal26
1.7Expected goals3.7
69Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
18Hits20
8Blocked shots28
4Giveaways22
3Takeaways9

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhite – Dauphin – Crouse7:26

    xG 0.36–0.03 (93%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Richardson – Martinook10:01

    xG 0.58–0.31 (65%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  3. Duclair – Domi – Dvorak13:51

    xG 0.15–0.84 (15%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Hanzal – Rieder12:08

    xG 0.12–0.90 (12%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Chychrun13:39

    xG 0.60–0.61 (50%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy20:47

    xG 0.36–0.74 (32%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Stone15:43

    xG 0.39–1.18 (25%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Stepan – Vesey12:39

    xG 1.19–0.27 (81%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Miller13:40

    xG 0.76–0.08 (90%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  3. Grabner – Hayes – Fast10:44

    xG 0.44–0.50 (47%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

  4. Pirri – Lindberg – Jooris9:38

    xG 0.23–0.44 (34%)attempts 3–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Staal17:16

    xG 1.10–0.51 (68%)attempts 13–20goals 0–2

  2. McDonagh – Holden15:59

    xG 0.85–0.40 (68%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – Skjei16:12

    xG 0.70–0.50 (58%)attempts 15–20goals 2–0

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 3.7 xGARI 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #627 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 82% of the time.

NYR winsARI wins

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

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