Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Apr 9, 2021·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New York Rangers 4, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 65% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR013212211436
NYI0711609132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:05NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Filip Chytil · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:01NYRColin BlackwellGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:53NYIAndy GreeneAssists: Mathew Barzal · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:48NYRK'Andre MillerAssists: Jacob Trouba, Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:48NYRMika ZibanejadENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.57 xG4–1
Penalties (1)
  1. P1 10:56NYRMika Zibanejad: 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
36Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals2.2
51Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won29
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
12Hits21
16Blocked shots10
8Giveaways11
1Takeaways1

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. bestRooney – Howden – Kravtsov9:35

    xG 0.54–0.16 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  2. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière9:37

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich12:15

    xG 0.48–0.58 (45%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

  4. Blackwell – Strome – Panarin13:30

    xG 0.57–0.69 (45%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Hajek12:49

    xG 0.56–0.26 (68%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller19:37

    xG 0.98–0.73 (57%)attempts 22–18goals 1–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren17:41

    xG 0.27–0.88 (24%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:22

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier12:52

    xG 0.49–0.53 (48%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Palmieri – Pageau8:39

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Eberle – Barzal9:47

    xG 0.22–0.36 (38%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock16:00

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Leddy – Mayfield14:56

    xG 0.69–0.67 (51%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  3. Mayfield – Pelech2:34

    xG 0.09–0.09 (50%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

NYI 2.2 xGNYR 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #607 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 65% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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