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Sun, Nov 27, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Ottawa Senators 2, New York Rangers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 56% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT072508220
NYR01307013033

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:54OTTJean-Gabriel PageauGWGAssists: Tom Pyatt, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:11OTTMark StonePPAssists: Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:28NYRDerek Stepan: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 11:28OTTCurtis Lazar: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:41NYRRick Nash: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 14:31OTTCurtis Lazar: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 17:00OTTTom Pyatt: Holding2 min
  6. P2 5:20OTTDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 11:24OTTZack Smith: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 14:35NYRMarc Staal: High sticking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYR
20Shots on goal33
2.0Expected goals2.3
51Shot attempts71
25Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
18Hits22
23Blocked shots21
7Giveaways15
5Takeaways12

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Smith – Pageau9:22

    xG 0.71–0.13 (85%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Brassard – Hoffman – Stone9:48

    xG 0.27–0.06 (81%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel9:23

    xG 0.09–0.35 (20%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Kelly – Lazar6:13

    xG 0.03–0.44 (7%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson13:11

    xG 0.49–0.29 (63%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Ceci3:51

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman6:04

    xG 0.08–0.08 (51%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Kreider – Fast5:16

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Zuccarello – Miller4:10

    xG 0.30–0.17 (64%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Puempel – Vesey – Jooris5:39

    xG 0.15–0.03 (81%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello6:07

    xG 0.10–0.06 (61%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh14:20

    xG 0.43–0.35 (55%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Holden15:41

    xG 0.65–0.65 (50%)attempts 17–19goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Skjei9:33

    xG 0.23–0.40 (37%)attempts 14–11goals 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 2.3 xGOTT 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1100 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 56% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

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

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