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Sun, Nov 19, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York

Ottawa Senators 0, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 85% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT070805020
NYR01017210327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:46NYRKevin HayesGWGAssists: Jesper Fast, Jimmy Vesey · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:52NYRMichael GrabnerAssists: Marc Staal, Mats Zuccarello · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:31NYRMika ZibanejadENAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.54 xG0–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:26NYRBrendan Smith: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:17NYRKevin Shattenkirk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 14:24OTTJohnny Oduya: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:58OTTBobby Ryan: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 7:15OTTDerick Brassard: Holding2 min
  6. P3 7:32NYRBrendan Smith: Interference5 min
  7. P3 7:32NYRBrendan Smith: Game misconduct10 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYR
20Shots on goal27
1.4Expected goals3.5
60Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes19
22Hits23
17Blocked shots27
5Giveaways14
3Takeaways10

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Stone – Pageau2:32

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Stone – Dzingel3:14

    xG 0.14–0.09 (62%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – DiDomenico – Paul2:15

    xG 0.06–0.03 (65%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Hoffman – Stone2:02

    xG 0.02–0.08 (20%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Borowiecki – Ceci3:20

    xG 0.16–0.16 (49%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci11:35

    xG 0.38–0.48 (44%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Karlsson10:37

    xG 0.35–0.51 (41%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich9:42

    xG 0.59–0.26 (69%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Carey – Vesey – Nieves7:45

    xG 0.25–0.05 (82%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Hayes – Fast9:26

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Grabner – Zuccarello – Miller9:38

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Smith11:26

    xG 0.71–0.28 (71%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Holden11:57

    xG 0.49–0.15 (76%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Skjei11:40

    xG 0.83–0.52 (62%)attempts 12–16goals 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 3.5 xGOTT 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1176 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 85% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

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

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