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Mon, Mar 6, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

New York Rangers 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 0 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR0120120812134
TBL0901601201038

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 3:56NYRMika ZibanejadGWGAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:57TBLJason Garrison: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:34TBLLuke Witkowski: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:34NYRTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 7:12NYRBrandon Pirri: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 10:53TBLBrayden Point: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 10:53NYRJimmy Vesey: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 14:12TBLGabriel Dumont: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 4:13NYRChris Kreider: Interference2 min
  9. P2 12:13NYRRick Nash: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P2 13:49TBLAdam Erne: Cross checking2 min
  11. P2 15:01NYRRyan McDonagh: Kneeing2 min
  12. P2 16:50TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  13. P2 16:56NYRMats Zuccarello: Holding the stick2 min
  14. P3 2:52NYRBrandon Pirri: Tripping2 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 SOG0TBL
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTBL
34Shots on goal38
2.0Expected goals2.9
47Shot attempts66
31Faceoffs won39
3Power plays6
19Penalty minutes15
23Hits23
13Blocked shots4
7Giveaways7
4Takeaways5

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. bestHayes – Miller – Vesey8:13

    xG 0.24–0.15 (62%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Glass – Pirri – Lindberg3:49

    xG 0.06–0.30 (17%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello12:13

    xG 0.17–0.42 (29%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Zibanejad – Buchnevich8:51

    xG 0.38–0.72 (35%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kampfer – Skjei8:40

    xG 0.19–0.20 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Staal – McDonagh12:43

    xG 0.36–0.50 (42%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Holden15:38

    xG 0.38–0.67 (36%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestNamestnikov – Gourde – Erne6:32

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov11:39

    xG 0.67–0.46 (59%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Drouin – Point10:23

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sustr7:03

    xG 0.57–0.14 (80%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Garrison11:55

    xG 0.59–0.40 (59%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Dotchin9:41

    xG 0.15–0.26 (36%)attempts 7–7goals 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.

TBL 2.9 xGNYR 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1075 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

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

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