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Thu, Jan 17, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Chicago Blackhawks 3, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 85% of the time.

NYR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1120926327
NYR29113111433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:41CHIBrandon SaadPPAssists: Artem Anisimov, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:20NYRFilip ChytilUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:38NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Chris Kreider, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:09NYRChris KreiderUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:40CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:42NYRMika ZibanejadENGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:58CHIDominik KahunAssists: David Kampf, Drake Caggiula · Snap, 0.11 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:49NYRCody McLeod: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:17NYRJesper Fast: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 0:19NYRJesper Fast: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 12:46CHIChris Kunitz: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINYR
27Shots on goal33
1.9Expected goals4.3
47Shot attempts45
31Faceoffs won28
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
9Hits21
5Blocked shots14
16Giveaways15
2Takeaways7

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Kruger – Kampf6:56

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Saad – DeBrincat9:27

    xG 0.19–0.20 (49%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  3. Toews – Kane – DeBrincat5:28

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Perlini – Kahun6:20

    xG 0.21–0.46 (31%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Dahlstrom12:15

    xG 0.17–0.09 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Gustafsson – Jokiharju12:08

    xG 0.26–0.58 (31%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Keith – Seabrook17:53

    xG 0.43–1.26 (26%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad12:51

    xG 1.02–0.32 (76%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  2. Fast – Strome – Chytil11:01

    xG 0.48–0.14 (78%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Namestnikov – Vesey – Nieves9:36

    xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. McLeod – Buchnevich – Howden2:56

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – DeAngelo16:31

    xG 1.41–0.07 (95%)attempts 18–9goals 2–0

  2. McQuaid – Skjei14:53

    xG 0.92–0.37 (71%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Lindgren13:24

    xG 0.20–0.29 (40%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

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.

NYR 4.3 xGCHI 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #587 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 85% of the time.

NYR winsCHI wins

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

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