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Wed, Nov 22, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 6, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 52% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR31105311627
CAR1170709133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:52NYRChris KreiderAssists: Brendan Smith, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:26NYRMika ZibanejadGWGAssists: Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.00 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:50CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Justin Faulk · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:47NYRPaul CareyAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Nick Holden · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 0:20NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.17 xG4–1
  6. P3 5:45NYRJesper FastAssists: Kevin Hayes, Rick Nash · Snap, 0.18 xG5–1
  7. P3 12:26NYRJesper FastAssists: Steven Kampfer · Snap, 0.10 xG6–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:47NYRChris Kreider: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:21NYRBoo Nieves: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:14NYRPaul Carey: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:58NYRPaul Carey: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 18:49CARTeuvo Teravainen: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:32NYRBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 9:44CARJeff Skinner: Closing hand on puck2 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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
27Shots on goal33
3.5Expected goals3.5
48Shot attempts67
27Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
17Hits25
18Blocked shots6
14Giveaways15
20Takeaways11

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. bestCarey – Vesey – Nieves8:25

    xG 0.89–0.29 (75%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich9:46

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Hayes – Fast9:46

    xG 0.35–0.34 (51%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Grabner – Zuccarello – Miller9:33

    xG 0.29–0.72 (29%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Holden14:34

    xG 1.82–0.33 (85%)attempts 25–12goals 4–0

  2. Holden – Skjei2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Kampfer11:52

    xG 0.33–0.76 (30%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – McGinn – Ryan9:11

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris8:58

    xG 0.34–0.10 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Aho8:36

    xG 0.34–0.65 (34%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Lindholm10:05

    xG 0.52–1.28 (29%)attempts 13–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Fleury10:46

    xG 0.77–0.25 (76%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Fleury4:27

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hanifin8:19

    xG 0.35–0.72 (32%)attempts 6–10goals 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.

CAR 3.5 xGNYR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #904 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 52% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).