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Sun, Feb 11, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

New York Rangers 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 64% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR1601824328
WPG111010017138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:06WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:54NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Nick Holden · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:07NYRJimmy VeseyGWGAssists: Brady Skjei, David Desharnais · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:17NYRMichael GrabnerENAssists: Kevin Hayes · Backhand, 0.62 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:48NYRKevin Hayes: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 4:33WPGTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:10WPGDustin Byfuglien: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:13NYRCody McLeod: Interference2 min
  5. P2 13:21NYRCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:21WPGMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 16:39WPGBlake Wheeler: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 0:56NYRJ.T. Miller: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 3:12NYRJ.T. Miller: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 7:42WPGNikolaj Ehlers: High sticking2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRWPG
28Shots on goal38
4.4Expected goals3.4
56Shot attempts69
28Faceoffs won28
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
19Hits20
19Blocked shots12
15Giveaways15
5Takeaways8

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. bestNash – Zuccarello – Zibanejad9:31

    xG 0.46–0.23 (67%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Desharnais – Fast – Vesey8:00

    xG 0.32–0.28 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. McLeod – Holland – Lettieri3:23

    xG 0.02–0.01 (73%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Grabner – Hayes – Miller9:46

    xG 0.22–0.39 (36%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKampfer – Skjei13:02

    xG 0.56–0.49 (53%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Holden – DeAngelo12:14

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Gilmour – Pionk7:14

    xG 0.22–0.27 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Perreault – Scheifele10:40

    xG 0.57–0.35 (62%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Petan – Roslovic5:02

    xG 0.10–0.01 (94%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Little – Ehlers – Laine8:44

    xG 0.17–0.09 (66%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Armia – Copp – Connor9:29

    xG 0.29–0.52 (35%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien15:16

    xG 0.65–0.56 (54%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  2. Myers – Morrissey14:31

    xG 0.62–0.64 (49%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Chiarot8:21

    xG 0.08–0.20 (30%)attempts 6–6goals 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.

WPG 3.4 xGNYR 4.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #697 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 64% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

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

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