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Tue, Oct 23, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 2, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 52% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA114010114238
NYR0531225522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:15FLAVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Evgenii Dadonov · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:10NYRMika ZibanejadSHAssists: Adam McQuaid · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:36NYRMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:08NYRMika ZibanejadPPGWGAssists: Neal Pionk, Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:27NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:37FLAMike HoffmanAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:08NYRKevin HayesENAssists: Jesper Fast, Brady Skjei · Tip-in, 0.77 xG2–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 4:18FLADenis Malgin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:27NYRPavel Buchnevich: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:09NYRBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:21FLAAlexander Petrovic: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:30FLADenis Malgin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:16FLAFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:47FLAMaxim Mamin: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 16:47NYRBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 16:47NYRBrendan Smith: Misconduct10 min
  10. P2 17:51NYRJesper Fast: Interference2 min
  11. P2 18:57FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 4:43FLAVincent Trocheck: Interference2 min
  13. P3 14:51NYRMika Zibanejad: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
38Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won31
4Power plays6
17Penalty minutes23
28Hits28
17Blocked shots18
11Giveaways15
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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – McCann – Vatrano7:08

    xG 0.99–0.33 (75%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Bjugstad – Barkov10:23

    xG 0.29–0.14 (67%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  3. Hoffman – Trocheck – Huberdeau3:01

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  4. Sceviour – Lammikko – Mamin2:51

    xG 0.07–0.01 (83%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Kiselevich11:00

    xG 1.24–0.32 (79%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Matheson – Ekblad13:55

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Petrovic14:30

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Fast – Chytil11:06

    xG 0.49–0.16 (76%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad9:07

    xG 0.14–0.32 (31%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Vesey – Buchnevich – Howden9:10

    xG 0.38–0.61 (39%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. McLeod – Spooner – Namestnikov4:39

    xG 0.04–0.65 (6%)attempts 2–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Skjei2:50

    xG 0.44–0.08 (84%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – Pionk2:31

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Smith8:40

    xG 0.14–0.33 (30%)attempts 5–8goals 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.

NYR 2.9 xGFLA 3.0 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 52/100 · #603 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 52% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

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

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