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Fri, Dec 14, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

Arizona Coyotes 4, New York Rangers 3 (OT)

Expected result

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

NYR winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ARI091132814434
NYR2101120701330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:01NYRPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Filip Chytil, Jimmy Vesey · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:26NYRKevin HayesPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:48NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:42ARIJordan OesterlePPAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Slap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:11ARIJosh ArchibaldAssists: Derek Stepan, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:59ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Cousins · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:28ARIDerek StepanGWGAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 2:05ARIJakob Chychrun: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:13NYRChris Kreider: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:00ARIBrad Richardson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:11ARINick Cousins: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:11NYRBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 5:41ARIAlex Goligoski: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 7:02NYRBrady Skjei: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 9:14NYRNeal Pionk: Fighting5 min · PPG
  9. P2 9:14ARIChristian Fischer: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 9:14NYRNeal Pionk: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P2 11:12NYRTony DeAngelo: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P2 12:52ARIRichard Panik: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P2 12:52ARIJordan Oesterle: Tripping2 min
  14. P2 14:33ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Slashing2 min
  15. P3 6:26ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  16. P3 9:06NYRMarc Staal: High sticking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINYR
34Shots on goal30
3.7Expected goals4.9
66Shot attempts52
22Faceoffs won27
5Power plays7
24Penalty minutes20
21Hits23
10Blocked shots20
8Giveaways18
10Takeaways8

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Panik – Fischer7:12

    xG 0.50–0.04 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Schmaltz – Crouse – Keller6:15

    xG 0.19–0.05 (79%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Panik – Archibald2:30

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Cousins – Schmaltz – Keller6:25

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – Chychrun3:33

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Oesterle2:16

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – Chychrun8:34

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Namestnikov – Howden5:07

    xG 0.53–0.02 (97%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Strome – Vesey2:43

    xG 0.02–0.04 (35%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Fast – Strome – Namestnikov2:52

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Hayes – Buchnevich6:37

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Claesson8:41

    xG 0.26–0.05 (85%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – DeAngelo12:38

    xG 0.58–0.60 (49%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

  3. Claesson – Pionk2:15

    xG 0.03–0.11 (19%)attempts 2–3goals 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 4.9 xGARI 3.7 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #191 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 winsARI wins

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

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