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Sun, Dec 22, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Anaheim Ducks 1, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 91% of the time.

NYR winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA160707120
NYR318112111541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:14NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Brendan Lemieux, Brady Skjei · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:45NYRBrett HowdenGWGAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:58ANASam SteelAssists: Ondrej Kase · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P1 12:16NYRChris KreiderUnassisted · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:09NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Lindgren · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:16NYRMika ZibanejadSHAssists: Ryan Strome, Henrik Lundqvist · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 1:33ANAKorbinian Holzer: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:53ANAMaxime Comtois: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 11:53NYRRyan Lindgren: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:56ANAErik Gudbranson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 3:33NYRGreg McKegg: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:54ANADevin Shore: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 12:58ANAMichael Del Zotto: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 12:58NYRBrett Howden: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 16:44NYRBrendan Lemieux: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P2 16:44ANAErik Gudbranson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P2 16:44ANAErik Gudbranson: Misconduct10 min
  12. P2 16:57NYRTony DeAngelo: Tripping2 min
  13. P2 0:00NYRBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  14. P2 0:00NYRBrendan Lemieux: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 5:38ANANicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 5:38NYRMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  17. P3 5:38ANAJacob Larsson: Slashing2 min
  18. P3 10:46NYRRyan Lindgren: Holding2 min
  19. P3 15:40ANAJosh Manson: Slashing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANYR
20Shots on goal41
1.8Expected goals5.1
42Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
31Penalty minutes29
30Hits28
8Blocked shots12
7Giveaways19
6Takeaways11

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestDeslauriers – Carrick – Rowney9:32

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  2. Kase – Steel – Jones6:17

    xG 0.65–0.76 (46%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Shore – Sprong7:36

    xG 0.09–0.58 (13%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Gudbranson4:50

    xG 0.56–0.19 (75%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm6:03

    xG 0.33–0.51 (39%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Larsson3:01

    xG 0.00–0.43 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestLemieux – Howden – Chytil2:51

    xG 0.68–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad6:19

    xG 0.65–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 1–0

  3. Strome – Buchnevich – Panarin6:36

    xG 0.34–0.28 (55%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren5:44

    xG 0.84–0.01 (98%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – Trouba6:40

    xG 0.48–0.08 (85%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Staal – DeAngelo5:34

    xG 0.33–0.05 (87%)attempts 7–3goals 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 5.1 xGANA 1.8 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #835 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 91% of the time.

NYR winsANA wins

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

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