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Sat, Nov 17, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA213014014241
NYR2121517424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:03NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Kevin Hayes, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:40FLAMike HoffmanAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Aleksander Barkov · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:11FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Mike Matheson, Mike Hoffman · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P1 11:49NYRBrendan SmithAssists: Lias Andersson, Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:37NYRVladislav NamestnikovGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:56NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Henrik Lundqvist · Snap, 0.07 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:50NYRLias Andersson: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:34NYRVinni Lettieri: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:55NYRVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:55FLAMike Matheson: Embellishment2 min
  5. P2 9:44FLANick Bjugstad: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:35NYRKevin Hayes: Interference2 min
  7. P3 7:34FLAVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
41Shots on goal24
3.9Expected goals3.8
79Shot attempts47
37Faceoffs won20
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits30
13Blocked shots21
19Giveaways20
4Takeaways10

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. bestBrouwer – Bjugstad – McCann7:22

    xG 0.58–0.29 (66%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  2. Sceviour – Barkov – Lammikko2:23

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Huberdeau – Vatrano11:12

    xG 0.67–0.82 (45%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  4. Sceviour – Lammikko – Mamin2:48

    xG 0.06–0.23 (22%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Kiselevich12:28

    xG 0.67–0.34 (66%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  2. Yandle – Pysyk13:17

    xG 0.33–0.66 (33%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Matheson – Ekblad14:37

    xG 0.64–1.13 (36%)attempts 17–14goals 0–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Hayes – Chytil9:59

    xG 1.30–0.44 (75%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Fast – Zibanejad – Namestnikov10:41

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  3. McLeod – Lettieri – Andersson3:38

    xG 0.15–0.21 (41%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Vesey – Howden11:59

    xG 0.20–0.83 (19%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Pionk14:51

    xG 1.09–0.35 (76%)attempts 13–14goals 2–1

  2. Smith – DeAngelo14:30

    xG 0.62–0.69 (47%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Claesson13:52

    xG 0.55–0.81 (40%)attempts 9–19goals 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 3.8 xGFLA 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 45/100 · #700 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 51% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

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

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