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Tue, Dec 7, 2021·United Center, Chicago

New York Rangers 6, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR1911348630
CHI290809226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:01NYRJacob TroubaAssists: Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:44CHIErik GustafssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:09CHIKirby DachAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:19NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:59NYRChris KreiderPPGWGAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:10NYRKevin RooneyAssists: Adam Fox, Ryan Reaves · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:50NYRArtemi PanarinENAssists: Jacob Trouba, Mika Zibanejad · Backhand, 0.68 xG5–2
  8. P3 18:41NYRBarclay GoodrowAssists: Ryan Reaves, Kevin Rooney · Wrist, 0.24 xG6–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P2 2:05CHIHenrik Borgstrom: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:15NYRArtemi Panarin: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 11:30NYRJacob Trouba: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 11:30CHIRiley Stillman: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 14:03NYRDryden Hunt: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 19:53NYRK'Andre Miller: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 3:52CHIKirby Dach: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:49NYRJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 17:08CHIRyan Carpenter: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 17:08CHIRyan Carpenter: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 17:08NYRRyan Strome: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 17:08NYRRyan Strome: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 17:08NYRRyan Strome: Misconduct10 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Dach
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCHI
30Shots on goal26
3.2Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won38
2Power plays4
27Penalty minutes13
39Hits29
16Blocked shots10
11Giveaways11
10Takeaways8

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. bestStrome – Hunt – Panarin12:04

    xG 0.63–0.16 (79%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Reaves – Goodrow – Rooney9:46

    xG 0.52–0.33 (61%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko10:50

    xG 0.50–0.58 (46%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Gauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière10:01

    xG 0.22–0.44 (34%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Nemeth – Lundkvist10:42

    xG 0.54–0.52 (51%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  2. Nemeth – Lindgren2:06

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller16:24

    xG 0.60–0.70 (46%)attempts 12–18goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKhaira – Carpenter – Slavin5:39

    xG 0.61–0.36 (63%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Hagel – Johnson4:06

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Borgstrom – Johnson3:02

    xG 0.24–0.07 (77%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Kane – DeBrincat – Dach3:55

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStillman – Kalynuk4:04

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Jones13:56

    xG 0.74–0.50 (60%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Gustafsson – Stillman4:37

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

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 2.7 xGNYR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 56/100 · #640 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 58% of the time.

CHI winsNYR wins

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

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