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Sun, Nov 26, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York

Vancouver Canucks 3, New York Rangers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN11117111032332
NYR041729003420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:54VANLoui ErikssonAssists: Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:21VANJake VirtanenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:40NYRJesper FastAssists: Nick Holden, Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:19NYRMichael GrabnerAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:00VANSam GagnerAssists: Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:05NYRJimmy VeseyAssists: Rick Nash, Kevin Hayes · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Thomas Vanek stopped
  2. 2. NYR Mats Zuccarello stopped
  3. 3. VAN Bo Horvat stopped
  4. 4. NYR Mika Zibanejad stopped
  5. 5. VAN Brock Boeser scored
  6. 6. NYR Kevin Shattenkirk scored
  7. 7. VAN Markus Granlund stopped
  8. 8. NYR Pavel Buchnevich stopped
  9. 9. VAN Sven Baertschi scored
  10. 10. NYR Rick Nash scored
  11. 11. VAN Sam Gagner stopped
  12. 12. NYR J.T. Miller stopped
  13. 13. VAN Ben Hutton stopped
  14. 14. NYR Jimmy Vesey scored
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:32VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:39NYRChris Kreider: Holding2 min
  3. P2 14:49VANBen Hutton: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNYR
32Shots on goal20
2.5Expected goals1.9
63Shot attempts49
21Faceoffs won26
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
22Hits15
16Blocked shots20
12Giveaways22
12Takeaways8

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Eriksson13:52

    xG 0.92–0.36 (72%)attempts 17–6goals 1–1

  2. Granlund – Gaunce – Virtanen8:35

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Vanek – Gagner – Burmistrov6:38

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser8:51

    xG 0.02–0.10 (19%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Pouliot16:55

    xG 0.93–0.23 (80%)attempts 20–16goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Stecher12:57

    xG 0.74–0.42 (64%)attempts 14–8goals 2–2

  3. Tanev – Hutton16:00

    xG 0.42–0.33 (56%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Hayes – Vesey6:27

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich11:55

    xG 0.49–0.27 (64%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Grabner – Zuccarello – Miller13:08

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Desharnais – Carey – Vesey6:31

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Holden14:42

    xG 0.55–0.47 (54%)attempts 14–9goals 2–2

  2. Staal – Kampfer13:01

    xG 0.22–0.39 (36%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

  3. Shattenkirk – Skjei20:43

    xG 0.67–1.13 (37%)attempts 19–24goals 1–0

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 1.9 xGVAN 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #236 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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