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Tue, Dec 6, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

New York Rangers 2, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 60% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR016211011238
NYI29113110432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:03NYIScott MayfieldAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Anders Lee · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:24NYIJason ChimeraAssists: Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:56NYRJimmy VeseyAssists: Rick Nash · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:18NYIAndrew LaddGWGAssists: Shane Prince · Snap, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:54NYRMarc StaalAssists: J.T. Miller, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:13NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Josh Bailey, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.07 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:45NYIAlan Quine: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 13:17NYIBrock Nelson: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 13:42NYIAnders Lee: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 4:25NYRJ.T. Miller: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 10:20NYRBrandon Pirri: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:34NYIThomas Hickey: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 19:28NYITravis Hamonic: Slashing2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Quine won the faceoff against Lindberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
38Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals2.9
77Shot attempts44
27Faceoffs won24
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
20Hits14
6Blocked shots28
7Giveaways12
9Takeaways10

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. bestLindberg – Fast – Hrivik3:03

    xG 0.29–0.05 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Hayes – Vesey3:18

    xG 0.56–0.45 (55%)attempts 3–4goals 1–2

  3. Hayes – Miller – Vesey5:08

    xG 0.13–0.25 (35%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Pirri – Lindberg – Fast2:11

    xG 0.01–0.29 (2%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Holden14:37

    xG 0.94–0.40 (70%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  2. Klein – Skjei9:59

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 12–8goals 0–2

  3. Girardi – McDonagh14:52

    xG 0.40–1.04 (28%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Cizikas – Lee7:07

    xG 0.63–0.07 (90%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Chimera – Kulemin – Quine5:55

    xG 0.37–0.01 (99%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Prince – Strome9:09

    xG 0.24–0.21 (53%)attempts 5–10goals 1–1

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Nelson11:51

    xG 0.52–1.18 (30%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Mayfield12:38

    xG 0.75–0.43 (63%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  2. Seidenberg – de Haan14:46

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Leddy16:00

    xG 0.93–1.02 (48%)attempts 14–21goals 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.

NYI 2.9 xGNYR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 43/100 · #658 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 60% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

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