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Thu, Oct 26, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York

Arizona Coyotes 2, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 88% of the time.

NYR winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI07111111229
NYR21321116530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:01NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:57NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Boo Nieves · Snap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:13ARIAnthony DuclairAssists: Christian Dvorak, Alex Goligoski · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:59NYRMichael GrabnerGWGAssists: Boo Nieves · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:56NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Boo Nieves · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–4
  6. P3 3:52ARIClayton KellerPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Max Domi · Snap, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:24NYRMichael GrabnerENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.72 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 17:06ARIAlex Goligoski: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 17:23NYRKevin Shattenkirk: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P3 3:43NYRKevin Shattenkirk: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:52ARIBrad Richardson: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 16:09ARIJason Demers: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 16:09NYRChris Kreider: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 16:09NYRChris Kreider: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 16:09ARIJason Demers: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINYR
29Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals4.7
50Shot attempts59
24Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
28Hits9
14Blocked shots13
15Giveaways21
8Takeaways19

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Kempe – Rinaldo – Rieder7:05

    xG 0.10–0.17 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook7:28

    xG 0.15–0.56 (21%)attempts 4–5goals 0–2

  3. Duclair – Perlini – Dvorak10:15

    xG 0.43–0.95 (31%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Stepan – Domi – Keller15:26

    xG 0.57–1.10 (34%)attempts 16–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Schenn12:23

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Demers – Clendening2:53

    xG 0.12–0.02 (89%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Ekman-Larsson4:45

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Nieves – Buchnevich10:05

    xG 1.60–0.45 (78%)attempts 13–9goals 3–0

  2. Nash – Zibanejad – Miller11:28

    xG 0.68–0.34 (66%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Desharnais – Kreider – Zuccarello10:23

    xG 0.31–0.18 (63%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Hayes – Fast – Vesey11:21

    xG 0.48–0.36 (57%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Skjei17:45

    xG 1.62–0.38 (81%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Smith – McDonagh16:43

    xG 1.12–0.32 (78%)attempts 17–14goals 3–0

  3. Staal – Shattenkirk12:47

    xG 0.60–0.55 (52%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

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.

NYR 4.7 xGARI 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #624 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 88% of the time.

NYR winsARI wins

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

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