Skip to content
Ice Lab

Tue, Nov 28, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 5, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 66% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA3611219527
NYR01331618437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:50FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:35FLAJamie McGinnAssists: Nick Bjugstad · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:47FLAMicheal HaleyAssists: Keith Yandle, Colton Sceviour · Snap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 4:04NYRJ.T. MillerAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 8:36FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Mike Matheson, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–1
  6. P2 9:26NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Chris Kreider, David Desharnais · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–2
  7. P2 11:16NYRChris KreiderAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, David Desharnais · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–3
  8. P3 13:28NYRChris KreiderAssists: David Desharnais, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–4
  9. P3 18:51FLADenis MalginGWGAssists: Mark Pysyk, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.09 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:59NYRBrady Skjei: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:53NYRSteven Kampfer: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 10:53FLAJames Reimer: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:18FLAVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:13NYRChris Kreider: Interference2 min
  6. P2 18:24FLAVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:41FLAAlexander Petrovic: Holding2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
27Shots on goal37
2.3Expected goals3.1
48Shot attempts69
32Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
22Hits13
15Blocked shots12
10Giveaways11
9Takeaways10

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Sceviour – Trocheck2:01

    xG 0.31–0.10 (77%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. McCann – Hunt – Haapala6:59

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Bjugstad – Trocheck12:12

    xG 0.44–0.49 (48%)attempts 13–11goals 1–2

  4. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley4:07

    xG 0.07–0.32 (18%)attempts 1–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Matheson – Weegar15:11

    xG 0.18–0.35 (34%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  2. Petrovic – Pysyk13:49

    xG 0.09–0.58 (14%)attempts 5–16goals 0–2

  3. Yandle – Ekblad16:33

    xG 0.40–1.05 (27%)attempts 18–20goals 2–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Zuccarello – Miller11:38

    xG 0.56–0.30 (65%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  2. Nash – Hayes – Vesey12:17

    xG 0.65–0.52 (55%)attempts 18–14goals 0–1

  3. Carey – Fast – Nieves10:55

    xG 0.14–0.04 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Desharnais – Kreider – Buchnevich10:29

    xG 0.80–0.80 (50%)attempts 9–15goals 3–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Skjei16:44

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Kampfer10:41

    xG 0.51–0.26 (67%)attempts 8–11goals 2–1

  3. Smith – Holden17:12

    xG 1.03–1.07 (49%)attempts 24–15goals 1–3

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 3.1 xGFLA 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #69 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +51 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 66% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

Simulated goal difference (NYR − FLA), 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).