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Tue, Nov 29, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 2, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 53% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR2801208228
NYR071529321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:22CARViktor StalbergAssists: Matt Tennyson, Joakim Nordstrom · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:55CARViktor StalbergAssists: Jay McClement · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:13NYRNick HoldenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:24NYRRick NashUnassisted · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:48NYRJimmy VeseyPPGWGAssists: Rick Nash, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:06NYRDerek Stepan: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:25NYRMarc Staal: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 8:15CARJay McClement: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 11:32NYROscar Lindberg: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 11:32CARNoah Hanifin: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 13:13CARRon Hainsey: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:13CARRon Hainsey: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
28Shots on goal21
2.6Expected goals2.7
60Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won20
2Power plays2
8Penalty minutes6
9Hits19
15Blocked shots22
16Giveaways18
5Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Rask – Lindholm11:43

    xG 0.47–0.31 (61%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

  2. Nestrasil – Di Giuseppe – Ryan7:28

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom7:55

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  4. Stempniak – Teravainen – Aho10:48

    xG 0.21–0.54 (29%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tennyson – Hanifin11:03

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Faulk12:43

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 8–9goals 0–2

  3. Slavin – Pesce15:45

    xG 0.36–0.64 (36%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Hayes – Vesey9:56

    xG 0.63–0.01 (99%)attempts 13–2goals 2–0

  2. Pirri – Lindberg – Puempel5:37

    xG 0.14–0.04 (77%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello8:02

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Grabner – Fast – Miller6:14

    xG 0.14–0.39 (26%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh15:10

    xG 0.47–0.25 (65%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Klein – Skjei12:15

    xG 0.55–0.36 (60%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Holden16:43

    xG 0.42–0.80 (35%)attempts 7–19goals 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 2.7 xGCAR 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #369 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 53% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).