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Fri, Dec 9, 2016·United Center, Chicago

New York Rangers 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR01201101311137
CHI090100700026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 0:55NYRNick HoldenGWGAssists: Derek Stepan, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 1:26CHIMichal Rozsival: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 8:07CHIPatrick Kane: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 17:28NYRJimmy Vesey: High sticking2 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 SOG0CHI
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Kruger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCHI
37Shots on goal26
2.9Expected goals2.1
62Shot attempts54
28Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
19Hits10
21Blocked shots16
8Giveaways10
4Takeaways3

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 – Hrivik11:43

    xG 1.37–0.25 (85%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  2. Pirri – Jensen – Vesey7:47

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello11:31

    xG 0.39–0.52 (43%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Grabner – Hayes – Miller14:24

    xG 0.39–0.72 (35%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Skjei11:15

    xG 0.90–0.12 (89%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh19:11

    xG 0.76–0.67 (53%)attempts 21–24goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Holden16:30

    xG 0.45–0.75 (38%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Kruger – Hartman13:47

    xG 0.65–0.18 (79%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin16:24

    xG 0.77–0.75 (51%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  3. Tootoo – Desjardins – Hinostroza3:21

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Desjardins – Panik – Rasmussen2:09

    xG 0.01–0.08 (10%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Campbell – van Riemsdyk15:14

    xG 0.64–0.62 (51%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Keith4:01

    xG 0.04–0.14 (21%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson15:36

    xG 0.32–0.68 (32%)attempts 11–15goals 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.

CHI 2.1 xGNYR 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1102 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 63% of the time.

CHI winsNYR wins

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

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