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Thu, Feb 15, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

New York Rangers 0, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR015014021050
NYI11111618335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:53NYIJosh BaileyPPGWGAssists: Nick Leddy, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:06NYIJordan EberleAssists: Nick Leddy, Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:57NYIThomas HickeyAssists: Mathew Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier · Backhand, 0.03 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:42NYRBrady Skjei: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:30NYIAdam Pelech: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:13NYIDennis Seidenberg: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:23NYRJ.T. Miller: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 13:18NYIJordan Eberle: Hooking2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
50Shots on goal35
3.8Expected goals3.3
79Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
23Hits19
12Blocked shots16
8Giveaways11
6Takeaways10

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. bestDesharnais – Fast – Vesey10:34

    xG 0.91–0.14 (87%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Zuccarello – Zibanejad10:51

    xG 0.89–0.15 (86%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  3. Grabner – Hayes – Miller12:53

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  4. McLeod – Holland – Lettieri7:37

    xG 0.20–0.51 (29%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pionk16:14

    xG 1.32–0.45 (75%)attempts 25–11goals 0–0

  2. Gilmour – DeAngelo2:21

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Holden – Pionk2:24

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Barzal – Beauvillier11:26

    xG 1.27–1.05 (55%)attempts 15–20goals 1–0

  2. Ladd – Nelson – Fritz9:41

    xG 0.37–0.30 (56%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston8:33

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Lee15:00

    xG 0.50–1.17 (30%)attempts 11–23goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy16:25

    xG 1.17–0.92 (56%)attempts 15–24goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – Hickey14:00

    xG 0.41–0.81 (33%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock15:19

    xG 0.24–1.09 (18%)attempts 9–26goals 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.

NYI 3.3 xGNYR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1220 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 57% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

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