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Sun, Nov 20, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 3, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 61% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA0519115012330
NYR11409110020235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:15NYRChris KreiderAssists: Derek Stepan, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:43FLAKeith YandlePPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Aleksander Barkov · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:45NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Jimmy Vesey · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:54FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Jakub Kindl, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Mats Zuccarello stopped
  2. 2. FLA Vincent Trocheck scored
  3. 3. NYR Brandon Pirri stopped
  4. 4. FLA Aleksander Barkov scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:31FLAColton Sceviour: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:08FLAMike Matheson: Delaying game2 min
  3. P2 11:24FLAJonathan Marchessault: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:17NYRBrady Skjei: Concealing puck2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:49NYRKevin Hayes: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 2:20NYRBrady Skjei: Interference2 min
  7. P3 13:28NYRBrandon Pirri: Delaying game2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
30Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts46
36Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
26Hits25
8Blocked shots21
7Giveaways12
7Takeaways14

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – Rau – Malgin8:33

    xG 0.31–0.15 (68%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Jokinen – Barkov12:22

    xG 0.46–0.53 (46%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – McKegg5:55

    xG 0.05–0.15 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Trocheck – Marchessault12:23

    xG 0.26–1.07 (20%)attempts 11–12goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson15:01

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Pysyk – Ekblad3:00

    xG 0.02–0.03 (35%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Demers14:18

    xG 0.40–0.77 (34%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Zibanejad – Vesey10:44

    xG 0.49–0.05 (91%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad2:54

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Stepan – Kreider11:02

    xG 0.64–0.51 (56%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  4. Pirri – Fast – Jooris6:54

    xG 0.22–0.09 (72%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Holden14:36

    xG 1.02–0.20 (84%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Klein – Skjei11:31

    xG 0.56–0.50 (53%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  3. Girardi – McDonagh17:07

    xG 0.49–0.51 (49%)attempts 6–18goals 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.

NYR 2.8 xGFLA 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #225 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 61% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

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

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