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Tue, Nov 8, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Vancouver Canucks 5, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 57% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN06111412529
NYR0716213326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:20NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Jesper Fast, Brady Skjei · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:18VANLoui ErikssonAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:29VANHenrik SedinAssists: Erik Gudbranson, Derek Dorsett · Slap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:27NYRRick NashPPAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Kevin Hayes · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:21VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Bo Horvat, Sven Baertschi · Wrist, 0.30 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:08VANSven BaertschiGWGAssists: Jack Skille, Michael Chaput · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:54VANAlexandre BurrowsENAssists: Bo Horvat, Brendan Gaunce · Wrist, 0.64 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:01NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:05VANBo Horvat: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:58NYRJ.T. Miller: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 19:22VANNikita Tryamkin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:56VANLuca Sbisa: Interference2 min
  5. P3 0:21VANHenrik Sedin: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 4:27VANMarkus Granlund: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:13NYRRick Nash: High sticking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNYR
29Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals3.1
41Shot attempts52
39Faceoffs won21
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
17Hits15
14Blocked shots10
9Giveaways23
6Takeaways7

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Baertschi – Horvat7:57

    xG 0.69–0.28 (71%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  2. Skille – Chaput – Gaunce6:12

    xG 0.02–0.11 (18%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Dorsett – Sutter – Granlund9:44

    xG 0.27–0.46 (37%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson11:38

    xG 0.25–0.65 (28%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Hutton13:31

    xG 0.70–0.41 (63%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  2. Edler – Stecher15:29

    xG 0.50–0.53 (49%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Hutton – Tryamkin2:48

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Hayes – Miller8:20

    xG 0.47–0.13 (78%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Stepan – Vesey6:45

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad7:36

    xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Pirri – Fast – Buchnevich6:22

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Holden14:20

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  2. Girardi – McDonagh12:14

    xG 0.16–0.29 (35%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Klein – Skjei13:23

    xG 0.61–0.86 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 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.

NYR 3.1 xGVAN 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #220 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NYR 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 57% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

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

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