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Sun, Oct 7, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 5, Carolina Hurricanes 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 79% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR2122616524
CAR215213412840

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:49NYRJimmy VeseyAssists: Kevin Hayes, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:02NYRChris KreiderAssists: Brett Howden, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P1 9:07CARWarren FoegeleAssists: Justin Williams, Martin Necas · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:14CARJordan MartinookAssists: Justin Williams, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:48NYRJimmy VeseyAssists: Brady Skjei, Filip Chytil · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 9:25CARJordan StaalAssists: Warren Foegele, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P2 11:41NYRPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Tony DeAngelo · Backhand, 0.19 xG4–3
  8. P2 19:29CARMicheal FerlandAssists: Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.02 xG4–4
  9. P3 4:26NYRChris KreiderAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.20 xG5–4
  10. P3 5:01CARLucas WallmarkAssists: Jordan Martinook, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.21 xG5–5
  11. P3 10:44CARAndrei SvechnikovGWGAssists: Justin Faulk, Calvin de Haan · Tip-in, 0.03 xG5–6
  12. P3 11:31CARWarren FoegeleAssists: Justin Williams, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–7
  13. P3 19:29CARTeuvo TeravainenENAssists: Sebastian Aho, Micheal Ferland · Wrist, 0.67 xG5–8
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:31NYRBrady Skjei: Holding2 min
  2. P2 5:13CARMicheal Ferland: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:13NYRPavel Buchnevich: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 7:03CARJustin Williams: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:02CARCalvin de Haan: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:01NYRAlexandar Georgiev: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:00NYRTony DeAngelo: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 16:00CARJordan Martinook: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 1:18CARCalvin de Haan: Kneeing2 min
  10. P3 14:35NYRChris Kreider: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 18:10NYRTony DeAngelo: Interference2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
24Shots on goal40
3.2Expected goals5.2
51Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won38
4Power plays4
12Penalty minutes10
27Hits30
13Blocked shots16
11Giveaways18
8Takeaways13

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. Zuccarello – Spooner – Howden2:35

    xG 0.21–0.22 (49%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Spooner – Chytil2:06

    xG 0.02–0.08 (18%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad7:24

    xG 0.25–0.37 (41%)attempts 4–10goals 1–1

  4. Hayes – Vesey – Buchnevich6:03

    xG 0.09–0.91 (9%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Skjei12:29

    xG 0.68–0.62 (52%)attempts 11–11goals 2–2

  2. Staal – Shattenkirk2:10

    xG 0.22–0.29 (42%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Smith – DeAngelo11:14

    xG 0.50–0.74 (40%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMartinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov7:28

    xG 0.85–0.34 (72%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Williams – Staal – Foegele9:53

    xG 1.00–0.56 (64%)attempts 20–9goals 2–2

  3. Ferland – Teravainen – Aho8:44

    xG 0.41–0.18 (70%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  4. Di Giuseppe – McGinn – Necas5:47

    xG 0.13–0.20 (39%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Faulk11:44

    xG 0.87–0.18 (83%)attempts 16–6goals 3–0

  2. Pesce – van Riemsdyk9:14

    xG 0.77–0.39 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 0–2

  3. de Haan – Pesce2:59

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 6–3goals 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.

CAR 5.2 xGNYR 3.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #10 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.91 · 13 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 79% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).