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Wed, Nov 20, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Washington Capitals 1, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 66% of the time.

NYR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH01001417131
NYR01019312431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:14NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:57NYRArtemi PanarinPPGWGAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:20NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Filip Chytil, Brendan Lemieux · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:24WSHEvgeny KuznetsovPPAssists: John Carlson · Snap, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:34NYRBrett HowdenAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 19:26WSHTom Wilson: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:02NYRGreg McKegg: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 19:52WSHAlex Ovechkin: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:32WSHDmitry Orlov: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:08NYRBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:32NYRBrendan Lemieux: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 16:32WSHTom Wilson: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 16:32NYRBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHNYR
31Shots on goal31
3.1Expected goals4.1
62Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won21
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
29Hits27
7Blocked shots13
12Giveaways10
9Takeaways12

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestLeipsic – Stephenson – Malenstyn6:48

    xG 0.63–0.09 (87%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Oshie – Eller – Vrana11:13

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson13:30

    xG 0.42–0.85 (33%)attempts 11–14goals 0–2

  4. Panik – Sgarbossa – Boyd6:31

    xG 0.14–0.86 (14%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Kempny12:50

    xG 0.67–0.51 (57%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – Siegenthaler3:08

    xG 0.11–0.01 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Jensen9:45

    xG 0.29–0.31 (48%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Buchnevich – Chytil9:47

    xG 0.51–0.20 (71%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Lemieux – Howden – Kakko8:19

    xG 0.53–0.69 (43%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Fast – Strome – Panarin10:55

    xG 0.17–0.35 (33%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Trouba – Hajek12:27

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – DeAngelo12:43

    xG 0.31–0.40 (44%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren10:17

    xG 0.58–0.77 (43%)attempts 11–12goals 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.

NYR 4.1 xGWSH 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #860 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 66% of the time.

NYR winsWSH wins

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

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