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Tue, Feb 12, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

New York Rangers 3, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 56% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR010217110337
WPG2190928436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Joe Morrow, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:36WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:38NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Chris Kreider, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:19NYRPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Ryan Strome, Tony DeAngelo · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:57NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:22WPGJoe MorrowAssists: Mark Scheifele, Ben Chiarot · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:21WPGAndrew CoppGWGAssists: Mason Appleton, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:16WPGBen Chiarot: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 4:49NYRJesper Fast: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:54NYRNeal Pionk: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:37WPGDustin Byfuglien: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:42WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 13:03WPGJacob Trouba: Slashing2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRWPG
37Shots on goal36
2.8Expected goals2.6
62Shot attempts54
19Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
23Hits21
12Blocked shots15
7Giveaways7
6Takeaways9

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. bestFast – Strome – Namestnikov7:55

    xG 0.62–0.18 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Vesey – Buchnevich9:39

    xG 0.54–0.43 (56%)attempts 14–9goals 0–2

  3. Fast – Strome – Chytil2:01

    xG 0.15–0.11 (57%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Vesey – Nieves – Chytil2:04

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Skjei15:43

    xG 0.73–0.57 (56%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  2. Shattenkirk – DeAngelo3:11

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Smith7:23

    xG 0.23–0.21 (53%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Lemieux – Appleton6:23

    xG 0.34–0.14 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev9:28

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor14:40

    xG 0.67–0.56 (54%)attempts 16–14goals 3–1

  4. Little – Roslovic – Laine10:16

    xG 0.30–0.58 (35%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Chiarot17:07

    xG 0.68–0.56 (55%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Morrissey14:44

    xG 0.45–0.42 (52%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  3. Myers – Morrow12:26

    xG 0.59–0.64 (48%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

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.

WPG 2.6 xGNYR 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #251 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 56% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

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

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