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Wed, Nov 27, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 2, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 54% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR010216017243
NYR3110905325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:54NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:12NYRBrendan SmithAssists: Ryan Lindgren, Tony DeAngelo · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:20NYRAdam FoxGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Libor Hajek · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:29CARRyan DzingelPPAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Andrei Svechnikov · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:58CARWarren FoegeleAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:48CARJoel Edmundson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 2:39CARJordan Martinook: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:44NYRMika Zibanejad: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:02NYRAdam Fox: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 10:54CARNino Niederreiter: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:27NYRPavel Buchnevich: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:24NYRRyan Strome: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 10:29CARDougie Hamilton: Interference2 min
  9. P3 16:50NYRFilip Chytil: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 19:24CARSebastian Aho: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
43Shots on goal25
4.0Expected goals3.8
80Shot attempts50
42Faceoffs won28
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
27Hits20
11Blocked shots22
11Giveaways13
7Takeaways15

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Foegele – Aho4:17

    xG 1.61–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–1goals 1–0

  2. Teravainen – Wallmark – Svechnikov3:45

    xG 0.74–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–0goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Niederreiter – Foegele6:49

    xG 0.22–0.29 (43%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Dzingel – Wallmark – Necas6:08

    xG 0.23–0.40 (37%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Fleury11:25

    xG 0.99–0.39 (72%)attempts 18–5goals 0–1

  2. Hamilton – Slavin15:14

    xG 0.99–0.89 (53%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Pesce12:11

    xG 0.13–0.87 (13%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestLemieux – Howden – Kakko7:34

    xG 0.52–0.26 (66%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Panarin – Chytil10:24

    xG 1.07–1.17 (48%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich8:43

    xG 0.33–0.64 (34%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Trouba13:17

    xG 1.40–0.88 (62%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  2. DeAngelo – Hajek8:11

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren11:53

    xG 0.10–1.40 (7%)attempts 3–18goals 0–1

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 3.8 xGCAR 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #435 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 54% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

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