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Tue, Oct 29, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 76% of the time.

NYR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL11101108130
NYR014114314442

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:44TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:37NYRKaapo KakkoSHAssists: Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin · Deflected, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:46NYRFilip ChytilGWGAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:24NYRAdam FoxAssists: Chris Kreider, Ryan Lindgren · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:14NYRRyan StromeENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.54 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:56NYRMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:56TBLPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:13TBLLuke Witkowski: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 17:20NYRKaapo Kakko: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 19:32TBLMikhail Sergachev: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 7:10TBLMathieu Joseph: Interference2 min
  7. P2 8:50TBLOndrej Palat: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 11:26NYRBrendan Smith: Hooking2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYR
30Shots on goal42
2.3Expected goals4.0
62Shot attempts62
36Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
21Hits20
10Blocked shots15
11Giveaways14
11Takeaways12

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Verhaeghe – Joseph3:39

    xG 0.43–0.19 (69%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Gourde – Paquette – Joseph4:23

    xG 0.20–0.08 (71%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Palat – Kucherov – Point9:13

    xG 0.41–0.34 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Johnson9:23

    xG 0.30–0.45 (40%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Witkowski2:12

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Shattenkirk2:33

    xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Witkowski4:28

    xG 0.20–0.41 (32%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Buchnevich – Chytil9:55

    xG 0.96–0.55 (64%)attempts 11–13goals 2–1

  2. Lemieux – Howden – Kakko6:30

    xG 0.12–0.46 (20%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Fast – Strome – Panarin11:25

    xG 0.03–0.45 (7%)attempts 2–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren10:45

    xG 0.95–0.42 (69%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  2. Skjei – DeAngelo10:40

    xG 0.87–0.54 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Hajek14:59

    xG 0.18–0.61 (23%)attempts 7–20goals 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 4.0 xGTBL 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #594 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 76% of the time.

NYR winsTBL wins

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

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