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Thu, Nov 1, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Rangers 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 59% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR0721004032324
ANA07111111010230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:42NYRKevin HayesPPAssists: Brett Howden, Filip Chytil · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:31ANAJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:29NYRBrett HowdenAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Marc Staal · Snap, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:34ANARickard RakellAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Pontus Aberg stopped
  2. 2. NYR Mats Zuccarello scored
  3. 3. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
  4. 4. NYR Mika Zibanejad scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:52NYRChris Kreider: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 0:45ANAPontus Aberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:20ANAAndy Welinski: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:28NYRTony DeAngelo: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:21ANAHampus Lindholm: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 11:07NYRNeal Pionk: 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRANA
24Shots on goal30
3.2Expected goals2.7
55Shot attempts53
21Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits18
13Blocked shots16
13Giveaways15
3Takeaways6

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 – Spooner – Hayes12:09

    xG 0.65–0.37 (64%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Vesey – Howden9:46

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. McLeod – Lettieri – Chytil6:42

    xG 0.19–0.15 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Namestnikov11:20

    xG 0.16–0.47 (25%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – DeAngelo14:49

    xG 0.85–0.29 (75%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Smith13:37

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Pionk15:06

    xG 0.41–0.57 (42%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Rakell – Aberg15:02

    xG 0.84–0.15 (85%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Street – Kossila – Sherwood8:28

    xG 0.13–0.12 (51%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Eaves – Henrique – Lundeström8:08

    xG 0.08–0.17 (31%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:53

    xG 0.27–0.59 (31%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Larsson16:01

    xG 0.90–0.78 (53%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Montour8:56

    xG 0.35–0.36 (49%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  3. Welinski – Lindholm2:07

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

ANA 2.7 xGNYR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #331 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 59% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

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

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-1
0
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+7

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