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Wed, Dec 29, 2021·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

New York Rangers 3, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 80% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR11518110333
FLA01217313432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:08NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Ryan Strome, Jacob Trouba · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:09FLAAnton LundellAssists: Gustav Forsling, Ryan Lomberg · Snap, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:43NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Artemi Panarin, Libor Hajek · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:56FLAMacKenzie WeegarAssists: Eetu Luostarinen, Mason Marchment · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:31FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Radko Gudas, Gustav Forsling · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:40FLAAnthony DuclairGWGAssists: Sam Bennett · Snap, 0.16 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:15NYRChris KreiderAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.20 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:19FLASam Bennett: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:20FLACarter Verhaeghe: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:32NYRRyan Strome: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 19:12NYRLibor Hajek: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:12FLARyan Lomberg: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:39NYRLibor Hajek: Interference2 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRFLA
33Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals5.4
49Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won37
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
30Hits40
16Blocked shots9
6Giveaways18
7Takeaways11

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 – Kakko9:12

    xG 0.67–0.56 (55%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Gauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière9:09

    xG 0.02–0.27 (5%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – McKegg – Goodrow9:24

    xG 0.34–0.78 (30%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Hunt – Panarin11:59

    xG 0.48–1.24 (28%)attempts 10–20goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller13:00

    xG 0.76–0.63 (55%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

  2. Nemeth – Lundkvist12:42

    xG 0.44–1.01 (30%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Hajek17:01

    xG 0.59–1.36 (30%)attempts 11–16goals 1–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHornqvist – Lomberg – Luostarinen8:59

    xG 0.72–0.27 (73%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Huberdeau – Reinhart – Bennett7:54

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  3. Marchment – Mamin – Lundell9:39

    xG 0.44–0.21 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov7:29

    xG 0.69–0.59 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Forsling12:56

    xG 0.89–0.28 (76%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Montour – Carlsson9:37

    xG 0.98–0.52 (65%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Ekblad16:27

    xG 0.65–0.91 (42%)attempts 19–11goals 2–1

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.

FLA 5.4 xGNYR 3.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #566 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 80% of the time.

FLA winsNYR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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