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Sat, Dec 8, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

New York Rangers 5, Florida Panthers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 62% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR2121515043526
FLA0731318031431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:37NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Kevin Hayes · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:10NYRVladislav NamestnikovSHAssists: Kevin Hayes, Fredrik Claesson · Snap, 0.39 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:57FLAKeith YandlePPAssists: Mike Hoffman, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:14FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:28NYRMatt BeleskeyAssists: Brady Skjei, Tony DeAngelo · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:20FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 1:32NYRFredrik ClaessonUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG4–3
  8. P3 10:51FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Mika Zibanejad scored
  2. 2. FLA Aleksander Barkov stopped
  3. 3. NYR Kevin Shattenkirk scored
  4. 4. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau scored
  5. 5. NYR Kevin Hayes scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:58NYRChris Kreider: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:37FLAFrank Vatrano: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:19NYRJesper Fast: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:11NYRMarc Staal: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:27NYRMika Zibanejad: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackFLA 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.

NYRFLA
26Shots on goal31
3.3Expected goals2.6
50Shot attempts58
31Faceoffs won29
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
26Hits26
16Blocked shots15
13Giveaways16
5Takeaways4

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. bestBeleskey – Fogarty – Andersson5:45

    xG 0.25–0.07 (78%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Hayes – Zibanejad13:34

    xG 0.15–0.19 (44%)attempts 7–5goals 0–2

  3. Strome – Vesey – Chytil13:21

    xG 0.16–0.28 (37%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Fast – Namestnikov – Howden10:51

    xG 0.16–0.42 (27%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Pionk17:55

    xG 1.01–0.14 (88%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Claesson15:17

    xG 0.15–0.33 (31%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Skjei – DeAngelo13:48

    xG 0.29–0.65 (31%)attempts 10–12goals 1–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestLammikko – Hunt – Vatrano8:05

    xG 0.40–0.08 (84%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – McCann – Vatrano3:01

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov12:12

    xG 0.28–0.19 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  4. Hoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov4:02

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Kiselevich12:44

    xG 0.47–0.27 (64%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Pysyk – Matheson16:24

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Ekblad19:19

    xG 0.35–0.45 (44%)attempts 13–13goals 2–1

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.

FLA 2.6 xGNYR 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #70 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.48 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 62% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

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

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