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Wed, Nov 21, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

New York Islanders 0, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 67% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01105013029
NYR31115111527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:29NYRFilip ChytilGWGAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:30NYRCody McLeodAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Ryan Strome · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:04NYRNeal PionkPPAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Mika Zibanejad · Slap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:17NYRKevin HayesAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P3 16:19NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.05 xG0–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:00NYILeo Komarov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:51NYRKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:32NYIRoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 9:32NYRCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 12:59NYINick Leddy: Interference2 min
  6. P3 8:04NYIMathew Barzal: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 16:38NYIScott Mayfield: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 16:38NYRLias Andersson: Elbowing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackNYR 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.

NYINYR
29Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals3.2
70Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
13Penalty minutes9
38Hits24
17Blocked shots24
18Giveaways15
6Takeaways10

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Lee – Barzal9:53

    xG 0.52–0.15 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier3:42

    xG 0.34–0.17 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Komarov – Kuhnhackl3:34

    xG 0.15–0.04 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Johnston – Dal Colle5:00

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Pulock15:53

    xG 0.70–0.51 (58%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  2. Boychuk – Pelech12:15

    xG 0.63–0.45 (58%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Mayfield13:04

    xG 0.41–0.51 (44%)attempts 13–8goals 0–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Hayes – Chytil12:39

    xG 0.62–0.07 (89%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Strome – Howden – Andersson2:36

    xG 0.21–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Fast – Zibanejad – Namestnikov7:34

    xG 0.07–0.22 (25%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. McLeod – Fogarty – Andersson3:11

    xG 0.00–0.47 (0%)attempts 0–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – Pionk12:45

    xG 0.57–0.54 (51%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – DeAngelo12:58

    xG 0.62–0.60 (51%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Claesson17:17

    xG 0.36–0.66 (35%)attempts 6–21goals 2–0

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 3.2 xGNYI 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1243 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.47 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 67% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

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

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