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Sun, Mar 26, 2017·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Rangers 3, Anaheim Ducks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 83% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR2121808328
ANA2161939634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:54NYRRick NashAssists: Marc Staal, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:55ANAPatrick EavesAssists: Cam Fowler, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:32NYRDerek StepanAssists: Chris Kreider, Mats Zuccarello · Slap, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:00ANARyan KeslerPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:39ANAJosh MansonSHAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:10NYRBrady SkjeiAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Mika Zibanejad · Slap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:19ANAAndrew CoglianoGWGAssists: Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.39 xG3–4
  8. P3 4:23ANAPatrick EavesAssists: Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:22ANANick RitchieENAssists: Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.72 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:07NYRBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:07ANACorey Perry: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 2:07ANACorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 3:34NYRRick Nash: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 17:14NYRBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:55ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 19:05NYRBrendan Smith: 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 SOG0ANA
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRANA
28Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals3.8
62Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won35
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
19Hits25
13Blocked shots16
15Giveaways14
5Takeaways10

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. Lindberg – Fast – Buchnevich9:37

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello15:22

    xG 0.72–0.80 (48%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  3. Nash – Zibanejad – Vesey12:31

    xG 0.46–0.60 (43%)attempts 15–14goals 2–0

  4. Grabner – Hayes – Miller10:45

    xG 0.09–1.08 (7%)attempts 8–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Klein – McDonagh15:56

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Skjei15:30

    xG 0.61–0.81 (43%)attempts 16–12goals 2–2

  3. Staal – Holden14:58

    xG 0.30–1.30 (19%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Eaves – Rakell9:43

    xG 1.08–0.10 (92%)attempts 15–6goals 2–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg13:48

    xG 0.75–0.58 (56%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  3. Vermette – Perry – Ritchie12:52

    xG 0.60–0.48 (56%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  4. Thompson – Wagner – Shaw7:43

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Montour13:45

    xG 1.15–0.28 (80%)attempts 18–16goals 2–0

  2. Vatanen – Manson8:50

    xG 0.54–0.12 (81%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Lindholm10:05

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

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.

ANA 3.8 xGNYR 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #231 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 83% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

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

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