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Fri, Mar 17, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 4, New York Rangers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA011214110021437
NYR2708115020332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:34NYRMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Chris Kreider, Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:11NYRJ.T. MillerAssists: Brendan Smith, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:25FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Alexander Petrovic · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:41FLAJussi JokinenPPAssists: Thomas Vanek, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:23FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:45NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Brendan Smith, Nick Holden · Snap, 0.14 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Mats Zuccarello stopped
  2. 2. FLA Vincent Trocheck stopped
  3. 3. NYR Mika Zibanejad stopped
  4. 4. FLA Aleksander Barkov scored
  5. 5. NYR Michael Grabner stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:45FLAJakub Kindl: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:44FLANick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:47NYRMats Zuccarello: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:56NYRBrady Skjei: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:00FLAJason Demers: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 12:17FLANick Bjugstad: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 12:17NYRKevin Hayes: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 16:30FLAAlexander Petrovic: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 16:30NYRJ.T. Miller: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
44% to win56% to win
← FLA attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
37Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.0
61Shot attempts61
22Faceoffs won39
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
16Hits17
17Blocked shots15
8Giveaways4
10Takeaways8

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Huberdeau – Barkov12:50

    xG 0.76–0.36 (68%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Trocheck11:30

    xG 0.66–0.30 (69%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – Sceviour6:10

    xG 0.05–0.14 (25%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Bjugstad – Marchessault7:27

    xG 0.10–0.39 (21%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Demers15:16

    xG 0.71–0.50 (59%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Kindl – Pysyk11:35

    xG 0.43–0.32 (57%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Petrovic – Matheson16:58

    xG 0.71–1.03 (41%)attempts 17–19goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Kreider – Zuccarello11:00

    xG 0.50–0.14 (79%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  2. Grabner – Hayes – Fast6:36

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Zibanejad – Miller11:20

    xG 0.62–0.51 (55%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  4. Glass – Lindberg – Vesey7:47

    xG 0.05–0.66 (7%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Holden14:28

    xG 0.66–0.48 (58%)attempts 14–12goals 2–1

  2. Staal – McDonagh13:24

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  3. Kampfer – Skjei13:49

    xG 0.69–1.05 (39%)attempts 14–19goals 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.

NYR 3.0 xGFLA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #205 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

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

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