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Sun, Feb 20, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 2, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 56% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR17115011233
OTT1807015130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:52OTTTim StützleAssists: Adam Gaudette, Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:27NYRRyan StromeAssists: Braden Schneider, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:14NYRArtemi PanarinPPGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 7:48OTTNikita Zaitsev: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 6:59NYRJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 15:45OTTNick Paul: Holding2 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
33Shots on goal30
3.0Expected goals2.7
54Shot attempts63
24Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
26Hits30
17Blocked shots13
7Giveaways11
8Takeaways4

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. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière11:02

    xG 0.59–0.22 (73%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Goodrow – Panarin11:41

    xG 0.48–0.42 (53%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Reaves – McKegg – Rooney8:46

    xG 0.21–0.24 (46%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Hunt – Gauthier – Chytil9:03

    xG 0.14–0.31 (31%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Schneider11:36

    xG 0.80–0.41 (66%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren16:48

    xG 0.65–0.54 (54%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller17:47

    xG 0.26–0.48 (35%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudette – Tkachuk – Stützle9:28

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Ennis – Tierney – Formenton8:37

    xG 0.41–0.37 (53%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Watson – Gambrell – Kelly6:57

    xG 0.14–0.11 (56%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – Tierney – Sanford2:54

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Zaitsev15:14

    xG 0.84–0.51 (62%)attempts 22–13goals 1–0

  2. Brown – Mete11:34

    xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Mete – Zaitsev2:12

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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 2.7 xGNYR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #1082 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 56% 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).