Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Dec 3, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 62% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01511013228
NYR1308312423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:05NYRDerek StepanAssists: Kevin Klein, Mats Zuccarello · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:34CARViktor StalbergAssists: Brock McGinn, Derek Ryan · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:54NYRMichael GrabnerAssists: Brady Skjei, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:26CARVictor RaskAssists: Brett Pesce, Jaccob Slavin · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:25NYRChris KreiderGWGAssists: Derek Stepan, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:11NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.06 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:43NYRJosh Jooris: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 13:25NYRRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:17NYRKevin Hayes: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 14:37CARLee Stempniak: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 17:59CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: Hooking2 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 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Teravainen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
28Shots on goal23
2.5Expected goals3.0
57Shot attempts46
26Faceoffs won22
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits26
15Blocked shots21
17Giveaways15
7Takeaways9

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. bestStempniak – Teravainen – Aho10:13

    xG 0.64–0.18 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom9:01

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Teravainen2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Nestrasil – McGinn – Ryan8:16

    xG 0.23–0.52 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce20:07

    xG 0.78–0.32 (71%)attempts 22–13goals 1–1

  2. Tennyson – Hanifin10:23

    xG 0.70–0.60 (54%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Hainsey – Faulk15:22

    xG 0.65–1.18 (35%)attempts 14–14goals 0–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Kreider – Zuccarello15:00

    xG 1.42–0.29 (83%)attempts 21–9goals 3–1

  2. Grabner – Pirri – Fast8:43

    xG 0.42–0.51 (45%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Puempel – Jooris7:35

    xG 0.19–0.54 (26%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Hayes – Vesey12:20

    xG 0.07–0.46 (14%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh16:53

    xG 1.08–0.45 (71%)attempts 18–16goals 2–2

  2. Klein – Skjei14:29

    xG 0.31–0.63 (33%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Holden18:12

    xG 0.28–1.22 (19%)attempts 11–23goals 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 3.0 xGCAR 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #454 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 62% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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