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Wed, Mar 13, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Rangers 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR070718122
VAN0831416428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:07VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Josh Leivo, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:34VANTyler MotteGWGAssists: Alexander Edler, Jacob Markstrom · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:45VANTyler MotteAssists: Antoine Roussel · Slap, 0.01 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:28NYRPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Tony DeAngelo · Snap, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:35VANJake VirtanenENAssists: Tanner Pearson, Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.77 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:08NYRTony DeAngelo: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 4:23NYRChris Kreider: Elbowing5 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:23NYRChris Kreider: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P2 9:45NYRBrendan Lemieux: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  5. P2 17:03VANTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:56VANJay Beagle: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 17:56NYRVladislav Namestnikov: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 2:20NYRKevin Shattenkirk: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 3:54VANJosh Leivo: Interference2 min
  10. P3 4:21VANTroy Stecher: Holding2 min
  11. P3 9:35VANAlexander Edler: Interference2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRVAN
22Shots on goal28
2.3Expected goals3.5
42Shot attempts43
19Faceoffs won23
4Power plays5
31Penalty minutes10
25Hits15
8Blocked shots10
4Giveaways10
4Takeaways5

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. bestKreider – Fast – Zibanejad5:10

    xG 0.33–0.05 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Zibanejad – Namestnikov – Buchnevich2:27

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Namestnikov – Chytil5:58

    xG 0.07–0.25 (23%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Lemieux – Howden3:54

    xG 0.11–0.34 (24%)attempts 4–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Smith6:00

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Skjei2:54

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Pionk5:54

    xG 0.09–0.15 (38%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeagle – Granlund – Motte7:38

    xG 0.56–0.07 (89%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Virtanen – Goldobin – Gaudette6:14

    xG 0.10–0.04 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson7:41

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Pearson – Horvat4:04

    xG 0.00–0.33 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Sautner11:17

    xG 0.46–0.15 (76%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Brisebois – Stecher8:01

    xG 0.31–0.04 (88%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Biega14:08

    xG 0.73–0.56 (57%)attempts 10–12goals 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.

VAN 3.5 xGNYR 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #952 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

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

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