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Sat, Mar 10, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

New York Rangers 3, Florida Panthers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR01516211051337
FLA19110114022435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:45FLAJonathan HuberdeauPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Keith Yandle · Backhand, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:13FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:11NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Neal Pionk, Ryan Spooner · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:17NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Jesper Fast, Chris Kreider · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:02FLAJamie McGinnAssists: Alexander Petrovic, Jared McCann · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:25NYRKevin HayesAssists: John Gilmour, Ryan Spooner · Snap, 0.02 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Mats Zuccarello scored
  2. 2. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  3. 3. NYR Mika Zibanejad stopped
  4. 4. FLA Aleksander Barkov scored
  5. 5. NYR Ryan Spooner stopped
  6. 6. FLA Vincent Trocheck scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:18NYRCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:18FLAMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:37FLAMacKenzie Weegar: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 17:52NYRRob O'Gara: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:23NYRPaul Carey: Interference2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRFLA
37Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals4.1
58Shot attempts62
27Faceoffs won37
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
15Hits18
8Blocked shots12
12Giveaways16
10Takeaways9

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. bestKreider – Fast – Zibanejad13:04

    xG 0.78–0.36 (68%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Namestnikov – Vesey – Buchnevich13:44

    xG 0.88–0.61 (59%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  3. McLeod – Carey – Holland5:20

    xG 0.13–0.56 (19%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Spooner – Hayes14:08

    xG 0.43–1.32 (25%)attempts 9–19goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Pionk17:13

    xG 1.23–0.65 (65%)attempts 18–16goals 2–0

  2. Skjei – DeAngelo21:01

    xG 0.84–0.70 (55%)attempts 19–17goals 0–1

  3. O'Gara – Gilmour11:08

    xG 0.17–1.52 (10%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Huberdeau – Vatrano14:44

    xG 1.40–0.51 (73%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. McGinn – McCann – Mamin10:11

    xG 0.53–0.45 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  3. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley4:52

    xG 0.34–0.28 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Dadonov – Bjugstad – Barkov15:16

    xG 0.43–0.51 (46%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson17:43

    xG 1.60–0.58 (73%)attempts 24–14goals 1–2

  2. Petrovic – Weegar16:22

    xG 0.87–0.96 (48%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad16:16

    xG 0.43–0.80 (35%)attempts 9–16goals 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.

FLA 4.1 xGNYR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #319 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

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

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