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Thu, Nov 15, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

New York Rangers 5, New York Islanders 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 60% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR214114213541
NYI2113627724

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:00NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:35NYRFredrik ClaessonAssists: Brett Howden · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P1 9:35NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Thomas Hickey, Valtteri Filppula · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:38NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Nick Leddy, Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:24NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 3:21NYRKevin HayesSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P2 5:13NYIAnthony BeauvillierPPAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Mathew Barzal · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–4
  8. P2 14:04NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Nick Leddy, Josh Bailey · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–5
  9. P3 9:56NYILeo KomarovGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–6
  10. P3 13:13NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Alexandar Georgiev · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–6
  11. P3 17:31NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–6
  12. P3 19:39NYICal ClutterbuckENAssists: Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.73 xG5–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:49NYIJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:29NYRMika Zibanejad: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 2:41NYRVinni Lettieri: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:41NYRBrady Skjei: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 6:28NYIBrock Nelson: Holding2 min
  6. P2 12:47NYRChris Kreider: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:16NYIThomas Hickey: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 12:52NYIMathew Barzal: Cross checking2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
41Shots on goal24
3.0Expected goals2.5
64Shot attempts41
34Faceoffs won37
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
25Hits22
14Blocked shots14
11Giveaways11
3Takeaways1

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 – Hayes – Namestnikov12:08

    xG 0.67–0.28 (71%)attempts 17–5goals 0–1

  2. Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Chytil9:09

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. McLeod – Lettieri – Andersson6:12

    xG 0.07–0.21 (25%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Fast – Vesey – Howden9:44

    xG 0.32–0.74 (30%)attempts 10–11goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Claesson14:36

    xG 0.65–0.15 (81%)attempts 14–8goals 1–2

  2. Staal – Pionk11:40

    xG 0.36–0.47 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – DeAngelo12:29

    xG 0.26–0.56 (32%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Komarov – Beauvillier10:49

    xG 0.69–0.51 (57%)attempts 10–11goals 3–0

  2. Gionta – Clutterbuck – Johnston5:18

    xG 0.04–0.09 (31%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Lee – Barzal9:53

    xG 0.22–0.34 (39%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Nelson – Kuhnhackl9:31

    xG 0.18–0.34 (34%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Pelech11:17

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  2. Hickey – Mayfield13:05

    xG 0.37–0.58 (39%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Leddy – Pulock13:56

    xG 0.11–0.39 (22%)attempts 4–10goals 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.

NYI 2.5 xGNYR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 92/100 · #114 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 12 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 60% 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).