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Sat, Jan 8, 2022·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Rangers 4, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 83% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01218320440
ANA071403114

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:05ANAIsac LundeströmAssists: Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:00NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:46NYRJarred TinordiGWGAssists: Kevin Rooney, Filip Chytil · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:02NYRRyan LindgrenAssists: Adam Fox, Morgan Barron · Snap, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:29NYRRyan LindgrenENAssists: Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.78 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:43ANATrevor Zegras: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 15:44NYRBarclay Goodrow: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 8:00ANAJakob Silfverberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 10:50NYRGreg McKegg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 11:58ANARickard Rakell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 16:38ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:23NYRRyan Lindgren: 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Lundeström
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRANA
40Shots on goal14
4.5Expected goals2.2
57Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won28
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
22Hits17
13Blocked shots9
14Giveaways13
7Takeaways9

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. bestBrodzinski – Gettinger – Barron7:56

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko10:20

    xG 0.63–0.53 (54%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

  3. Strome – Goodrow – Lafrenière12:46

    xG 0.60–0.66 (47%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. McKegg – Rooney – Chytil10:08

    xG 0.05–0.36 (13%)attempts 3–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren17:31

    xG 0.74–0.46 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Tinordi – Lundkvist10:49

    xG 0.33–0.40 (45%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. Trouba – Miller14:49

    xG 0.64–0.79 (45%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestMilano – Zegras – Perreault8:52

    xG 0.49–0.13 (79%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  2. Silfverberg – Rakell – Steel12:49

    xG 0.42–0.37 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Robinson – Groulx5:11

    xG 0.20–0.19 (52%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Terry – Comtois – Lundeström11:56

    xG 0.58–0.62 (49%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Drysdale16:55

    xG 0.79–0.47 (63%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  2. Pateryn – Benoit9:55

    xG 0.27–0.08 (76%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Manson17:37

    xG 0.79–1.03 (43%)attempts 18–16goals 1–2

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.

ANA 2.2 xGNYR 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #906 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50ANA 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 83% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

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

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