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Sun, Oct 20, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Vancouver Canucks 3, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

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

NYR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN32001706343
NYR013110117240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:01VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:34VANBrock BoeserAssists: Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:53VANJay BeagleSHGWGAssists: Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:58NYRJesper FastAssists: Jacob Trouba, Ryan Strome · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:31NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Jesper Fast, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:24NYRLibor Hajek: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:02NYRBrady Skjei: Interference2 min
  3. P1 9:43VANTim Schaller: Holding2 min
  4. P1 15:12VANTyler Myers: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:09NYRMarc Staal: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 16:49VANJay Beagle: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
45% to win55% to win
← VAN attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNYR
43Shots on goal40
4.6Expected goals3.3
79Shot attempts63
29Faceoffs won14
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
22Hits22
13Blocked shots14
10Giveaways22
10Takeaways10

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeagle – Schaller – Motte8:52

    xG 1.23–0.35 (78%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson9:00

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Sutter – Ferland – Leivo5:46

    xG 0.22–0.44 (34%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Virtanen10:27

    xG 0.58–0.80 (42%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Myers13:39

    xG 1.74–0.79 (69%)attempts 25–14goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Stecher10:24

    xG 0.94–0.66 (59%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Tanev3:17

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Strome – Buchnevich6:22

    xG 0.69–0.18 (79%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Lemieux – Howden – Kakko6:15

    xG 0.71–0.50 (59%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Panarin11:14

    xG 0.56–0.57 (50%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  4. Haley – Buchnevich – Andersson2:22

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Fox8:52

    xG 0.80–0.39 (67%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – DeAngelo9:12

    xG 1.16–1.01 (53%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

  3. Trouba – Hajek9:07

    xG 0.17–0.13 (58%)attempts 4–10goals 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.

NYR 3.3 xGVAN 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #433 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

NYR winsVAN wins

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

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