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Sat, Oct 23, 2021·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 3, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0804314326
OTT11001018228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:41OTTNick PaulAssists: Tim Stützle, Connor Brown · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:04OTTJosh NorrisUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 14:37NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:52NYRRyan LindgrenAssists: Adam Fox, Chris Kreider · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:57NYRBarclay GoodrowGWGAssists: Sammy Blais, Jacob Trouba · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 6:44OTTJosh Norris: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:55OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:55NYRJacob Trouba: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:29NYRChris Kreider: Holding2 min
  5. P1 17:15NYRMorgan Barron: Kneeing2 min
  6. P2 2:00OTTAlex Formenton: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 19:14NYRK'Andre Miller: Holding2 min
  8. P2 19:41OTTTim Stützle: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 10:06OTTNick Paul: Fighting5 min · PPG
  10. P3 10:06NYRSammy Blais: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 13:48OTTParker Kelly: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 15:22OTTTim Stützle: Embellishment2 min
  13. P3 15:22NYRJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 19:49NYRChris Kreider: 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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Paul
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
26Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals2.0
55Shot attempts52
18Faceoffs won27
4Power plays4
20Penalty minutes20
45Hits33
13Blocked shots18
7Giveaways17
6Takeaways8

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Panarin11:53

    xG 0.56–0.42 (57%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Goodrow – Hunt – Rooney6:46

    xG 0.11–0.03 (76%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Blais – Chytil – Lafrenière6:43

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – McKegg – Barron4:53

    xG 0.02–0.09 (18%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller11:34

    xG 0.16–0.07 (68%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Nemeth – Miller2:50

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren13:37

    xG 0.36–0.57 (39%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Paul – Stützle8:57

    xG 0.25–0.07 (77%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Shaw – Formenton – Kelly4:24

    xG 0.12–0.01 (89%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk10:23

    xG 0.56–0.48 (54%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  4. Tierney – Formenton – Kelly2:34

    xG 0.03–0.01 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zub18:05

    xG 0.71–0.12 (85%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  2. Brown – Mete9:46

    xG 0.50–0.66 (43%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  3. Holden – Zaitsev10:24

    xG 0.21–0.42 (33%)attempts 4–12goals 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.

OTT 2.0 xGNYR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #454 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, New York Rangers win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

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

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