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Tue, Nov 2, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Rangers 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 85% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR062801100225
VAN0801421014336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:33NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:13NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Adam Fox, Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:29VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Conor Garland, Elias Pettersson · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:19VANVasily PodkolzinAssists: Conor Garland, Tyler Myers · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:22VANJ.T. MillerGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:31VANJ.T. Miller: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:45NYRJacob Trouba: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:22NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 1:37VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:40NYRDryden Hunt: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 6:56NYRAdam Fox: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 11:07NYRRyan Lindgren: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 13:09VANConor Garland: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:28NYRAdam Fox: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P3 14:55VANNils Hoglander: Holding2 min
  11. P3 16:20VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRVAN
25Shots on goal36
1.8Expected goals4.2
45Shot attempts65
21Faceoffs won23
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
24Hits24
18Blocked shots12
2Giveaways5
9Takeaways8

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. bestMcKegg – Hunt – Rooney6:42

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Blais – Chytil – Lafrenière10:42

    xG 0.48–0.54 (47%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Goodrow6:44

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Panarin – Kakko7:57

    xG 0.00–0.40 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Nemeth – Tinordi8:24

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren13:07

    xG 0.21–0.39 (35%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller11:46

    xG 0.21–0.62 (25%)attempts 5–9goals 0–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPearson – Horvat – Hoglander8:52

    xG 0.64–0.03 (96%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Garland – Pettersson7:13

    xG 0.30–0.09 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Dickinson – Boeser – Podkolzin3:21

    xG 0.12–0.01 (91%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson3:47

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPoolman – Hughes10:17

    xG 1.11–0.05 (96%)attempts 16–2goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson11:47

    xG 0.52–0.01 (98%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Hamonic11:34

    xG 0.00–0.49 (0%)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.

VAN 4.2 xGNYR 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #306 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 85% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

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

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