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Wed, Feb 19, 2020·United Center, Chicago

New York Rangers 6, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

CHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR112010519641
CHI012116212340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:58NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Tony DeAngelo · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:29CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:33NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:01NYRRyan StromePPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–1
  5. P3 6:05CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Drake Caggiula, Jonathan Toews · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:48NYRChris KreiderGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Marc Staal · Backhand, 0.11 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:41NYRArtemi PanarinUnassisted · Slap, 0.21 xG5–2
  8. P3 11:39CHIDrake CaggiulaAssists: Jonathan Toews, Alex Nylander · Snap, 0.21 xG5–3
  9. P3 13:37NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Chris Kreider · Tip-in, 0.09 xG6–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:41CHISlater Koekkoek: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:54NYRBrett Howden: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 2:39NYRBrendan Lemieux: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:26CHIRobin Lehner: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:31NYRBrett Howden: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:47CHIOlli Maatta: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 18:46CHIDrake Caggiula: Boarding2 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 SOG0CHI
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCHI
41Shots on goal40
3.9Expected goals4.0
63Shot attempts69
21Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
30Hits29
19Blocked shots13
12Giveaways14
9Takeaways11

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 – Panarin10:55

    xG 0.85–0.39 (68%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Di Giuseppe – Chytil – Kakko8:02

    xG 0.39–0.17 (69%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich8:15

    xG 0.71–0.58 (55%)attempts 10–9goals 3–1

  4. Lemieux – Gauthier – Howden4:54

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Trouba14:22

    xG 0.92–0.51 (64%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren14:53

    xG 0.92–0.55 (63%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Staal – DeAngelo11:53

    xG 0.83–0.89 (48%)attempts 18–16goals 3–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Saad – Carpenter11:32

    xG 1.02–0.53 (66%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Strome – DeBrincat – Dach11:15

    xG 0.87–1.08 (45%)attempts 18–12goals 0–2

  3. Toews – Kubalik – Caggiula8:37

    xG 0.48–0.71 (40%)attempts 12–6goals 2–3

  4. Highmore – Nylander – Kampf8:19

    xG 0.05–0.46 (10%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Koekkoek9:36

    xG 0.86–0.43 (67%)attempts 16–5goals 1–1

  2. Keith – Gustafsson3:28

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Gustafsson10:59

    xG 0.57–0.50 (53%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

CHI 4.0 xGNYR 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #244 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

CHI winsNYR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).