Sun, Feb 19, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York
Washington Capitals 1, New York Rangers 2
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 57% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 010 | 111 | 011 | 132 |
| NYR | 119 | 04 | 17 | 230 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 7:49NYRRyan McDonaghAssists: Rick Nash, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
- P2 17:24WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: Lars Eller, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
- P3 8:37NYRMats ZuccarelloGWGAssists: Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.18 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
- P1 8:19WSHBrooks Orpik: Holding2 min
- P1 15:14WSHBrooks Orpik: Interference2 min
- P2 2:09NYROscar Lindberg: High sticking2 min
- P2 15:43NYRChris Kreider: Interference2 min · PPG
- P2 19:09WSHBrett Connolly: Roughing2 min
- P2 19:09NYROscar Lindberg: Roughing2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Stepan
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Washington Capitals
Forward lines
- bestEller – Connolly – Sanford11:07
xG 0.29–0.20 (59%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0
- Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom12:19
xG 0.76–0.72 (51%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1
- Winnik – Beagle – Wilson7:58
xG 0.36–0.34 (51%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1
- Williams – Johansson – Kuznetsov12:09
xG 0.35–0.42 (45%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestOrpik – Schmidt9:35
xG 0.34–0.25 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1
- Orpik – Orlov2:14
xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0
- Niskanen – Orlov15:05
xG 0.63–0.64 (50%)attempts 19–17goals 0–0
New York Rangers
Forward lines
- bestKreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad10:51
xG 0.91–0.45 (67%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0
- Nash – Stepan – Vesey9:49
xG 0.64–0.40 (62%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0
- Grabner – Hayes – Miller9:05
xG 0.24–0.14 (64%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0
- Lindberg – Fast – Buchnevich6:02
xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGirardi – McDonagh14:43
xG 1.11–0.89 (56%)attempts 18–23goals 1–0
- Klein – Skjei12:35
xG 0.36–0.19 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0
- Staal – Holden15:13
xG 0.37–0.47 (44%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NYR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYR is favoured, below it WSH. Dots are goals.
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 57% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NYR − WSH), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).