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Tue, Nov 15, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Rangers 7, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 59% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR1102847725
VAN01718113238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:42NYRJ.T. MillerAssists: Mats Zuccarello · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:08NYRKevin HayesAssists: Jesper Fast, Brady Skjei · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:38NYRBrandon PirriPPGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Ryan McDonagh · Snap, 0.27 xG3–0
  4. P2 19:19VANBrandon SutterAssists: Daniel Sedin, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:49NYRKevin HayesAssists: Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–1
  6. P3 2:31NYRJ.T. MillerAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Mika Zibanejad · Deflected, 0.11 xG5–1
  7. P3 13:26VANMarkus GranlundAssists: Derek Dorsett, Luca Sbisa · Deflected, 0.11 xG5–2
  8. P3 15:02NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Nick Holden, Kevin Klein · Wrist, 0.08 xG6–2
  9. P3 18:04NYRNick HoldenPPAssists: Kevin Klein, Oscar Lindberg · Slap, 0.03 xG7–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:58NYROscar Lindberg: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:10NYROscar Lindberg: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 6:22VANSven Baertschi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 9:16NYRMarc Staal: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:27VANLuca Sbisa: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:13NYRMichael Grabner: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:59VANNikita Tryamkin: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRVAN
25Shots on goal38
2.3Expected goals2.8
39Shot attempts72
33Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits13
21Blocked shots6
5Giveaways12
6Takeaways4

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. bestZuccarello – Zibanejad – Miller9:04

    xG 0.49–0.16 (75%)attempts 9–7goals 3–0

  2. Nash – Grabner – Stepan7:01

    xG 0.30–0.08 (79%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  3. Hayes – Fast – Vesey11:04

    xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  4. Pirri – Lindberg – Nieves9:11

    xG 0.12–0.67 (15%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Skjei2:05

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh14:39

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 7–10goals 2–0

  3. Klein – Holden14:23

    xG 0.42–0.51 (45%)attempts 8–15goals 2–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Baertschi – Horvat10:43

    xG 1.03–0.04 (96%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Dorsett – Granlund10:17

    xG 0.51–0.33 (60%)attempts 12–5goals 1–2

  3. Skille – Chaput – Gaunce8:28

    xG 0.29–0.28 (51%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Sutter11:49

    xG 0.14–0.71 (16%)attempts 7–9goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Stecher18:11

    xG 0.52–0.25 (68%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  2. Sbisa – Tryamkin11:59

    xG 0.73–0.54 (58%)attempts 19–7goals 2–2

  3. Gudbranson – Hutton11:28

    xG 0.49–0.46 (52%)attempts 10–11goals 0–2

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.

VAN 2.8 xGNYR 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 41/100 · #673 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 59% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

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

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