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Tue, Mar 7, 2017·BB&T Center, Sunrise

New York Rangers 5, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 71% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR2112918528
FLA07116122245

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:25NYRChris KreiderAssists: Steven Kampfer, Mats Zuccarello · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:00NYRTanner GlassAssists: Oscar Lindberg, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.36 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:06NYRKevin HayesGWGAssists: Brady Skjei · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:20FLAThomas VanekAssists: Reilly Smith, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:14NYRNick HoldenAssists: Oscar Lindberg, Tanner Glass · Slap, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:34FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:15NYRPavel BuchnevichENAssists: Rick Nash · Wrist, 0.70 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:54FLAJussi Jokinen: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:32FLAJussi Jokinen: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 16:24NYRNick Holden: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 8:37FLAAlexander Petrovic: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 13:30NYRBrady Skjei: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:50NYRChris Kreider: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 3:01NYRMarc Staal: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 6:41FLAKeith Yandle: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 15:05NYRBrandon Pirri: Interference2 min · PPG

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 SOG0FLA
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRFLA
28Shots on goal45
4.0Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts73
43Faceoffs won27
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits21
15Blocked shots7
3Giveaways11
8Takeaways5

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. bestStepan – Kreider – Zuccarello8:30

    xG 0.43–0.27 (61%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Glass – Pirri – Lindberg8:09

    xG 0.29–0.17 (63%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Nash – Zibanejad – Buchnevich7:52

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Miller – Vesey7:18

    xG 0.20–0.20 (50%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Holden13:26

    xG 0.89–0.20 (82%)attempts 14–16goals 2–0

  2. Kampfer – Skjei11:33

    xG 0.49–0.41 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Staal – McDonagh9:18

    xG 0.15–0.25 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Huberdeau – Barkov9:33

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Smith – Trocheck3:44

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 5–6goals 1–1

  3. Vanek – Trocheck – Marchessault4:44

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Smith – Bjugstad5:48

    xG 0.02–0.32 (6%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad14:06

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Petrovic – Pysyk11:13

    xG 0.39–0.58 (40%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Demers – Matheson10:08

    xG 0.26–0.82 (24%)attempts 10–10goals 0–3

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.

FLA 2.7 xGNYR 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #549 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50FLA 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 71% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

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

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