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Thu, Feb 13, 2020·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

New York Rangers 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 63% of the time.

MIN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR18010210032431
MIN2111606030326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:49MINRyan DonatoAssists: Mikko Koivu · Backhand, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:52NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:43MINJonas BrodinAssists: Jordan Greenway, Mathew Dumba · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:53MINJordan GreenwayAssists: Jonas Brodin, Joel Eriksson Ek · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:51NYRPavel BuchnevichUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:54NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Mika Zibanejad scored
  2. 2. MIN Ryan Donato stopped
  3. 3. NYR Artemi Panarin scored
  4. 4. MIN Zach Parise stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:42NYRBrendan Lemieux: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:42MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 2:54NYRJacob Trouba: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 2:54MINRyan Donato: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 6:03MINCarson Soucy: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 9:15NYRMika Zibanejad: Interference2 min
  7. P3 12:27NYRBrady Skjei: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRMIN
31Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts51
19Faceoffs won40
1Power plays2
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits17
12Blocked shots17
5Giveaways7
4Takeaways7

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Strome – Panarin10:35

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich10:20

    xG 0.25–0.53 (32%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  3. Di Giuseppe – Chytil – Kakko8:44

    xG 0.14–0.45 (24%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  4. McKegg – Lemieux – Howden6:55

    xG 0.09–0.57 (13%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Fox2:36

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Smith – DeAngelo12:20

    xG 0.26–0.34 (44%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren13:20

    xG 0.13–0.48 (22%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek10:01

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

  2. Koivu – Hartman – Donato7:37

    xG 0.41–0.17 (70%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  3. Koivu – Zuccarello – Galchenyuk2:03

    xG 0.11–0.07 (62%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Galchenyuk – Kunin8:40

    xG 0.28–0.32 (47%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba17:00

    xG 0.72–0.20 (78%)attempts 14–8goals 2–1

  2. Pateryn – Soucy13:17

    xG 0.58–0.38 (60%)attempts 10–23goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon15:12

    xG 0.22–0.59 (27%)attempts 11–14goals 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.

MIN 2.8 xGNYR 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #228 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 63% of the time.

MIN winsNYR wins

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

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