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Fri, Oct 28, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 74% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR11111207230
CAR162807321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:31NYRMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:34CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Noah Hanifin, Victor Rask · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:33CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Brett Pesce, Jaccob Slavin · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:17NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Henrik Lundqvist · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:59CARBryan BickellPPGWGAssists: Jeff Skinner, Victor Rask · Deflected, 0.34 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:28CARJustin Faulk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P2 9:20CARBryan Bickell: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 18:26NYRRyan McDonagh: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
30Shots on goal21
2.9Expected goals1.6
55Shot attempts46
18Faceoffs won27
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
21Hits22
14Blocked shots12
1Giveaways9
8Takeaways17

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. bestHayes – Fast – Miller12:15

    xG 0.43–0.15 (74%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Buchnevich11:48

    xG 0.19–0.20 (49%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Grabner – Pirri – Lindberg7:49

    xG 0.05–0.14 (25%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Stepan – Vesey12:57

    xG 0.40–0.54 (42%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh17:20

    xG 0.68–0.10 (88%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Holden – Skjei14:36

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Staal15:41

    xG 0.33–0.45 (42%)attempts 10–18goals 0–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Nordstrom – Aho13:48

    xG 0.31–0.17 (64%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Di Giuseppe – Teravainen – Lindholm10:53

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Bickell – Stalberg6:22

    xG 0.07–0.25 (23%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Skinner – Rask12:58

    xG 0.23–0.45 (34%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk16:15

    xG 0.58–0.36 (62%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – Hanifin4:24

    xG 0.05–0.04 (54%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Pesce2:50

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

CAR 1.6 xGNYR 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 40/100 · #701 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 74% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).