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Sun, Jan 30, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Seattle Kraken 2, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 55% of the time.

NYR winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA014111117242
NYR1616112324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:46NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:23NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Zac Jones · Wrist, 0.44 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:17SEAJared McCannAssists: Jordan Eberle, Marcus Johansson · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:52SEAYanni GourdePPAssists: Mark Giordano, Jared McCann · Slap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:26NYRK'Andre MillerGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:57SEAAlexander Wennberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:08NYRLibor Hajek: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:44NYRJacob Trouba: Interference2 min
  4. P3 0:36SEAMason Appleton: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:28NYRRyan Reaves: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 12:18SEAVince Dunn: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 12:21NYRChris Kreider: Holding2 min
  8. P3 16:55NYRMika Zibanejad: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% to win
← SEA attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEANYR
42Shots on goal24
2.6Expected goals2.8
78Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won32
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
24Hits23
12Blocked shots22
3Giveaways8
5Takeaways9

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestBlackwell – Gourde – Appleton10:20

    xG 0.50–0.11 (82%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Johansson – McCann11:12

    xG 0.44–0.19 (70%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Donskoi – Wennberg – Donato11:41

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDunn – Borgen11:53

    xG 0.39–0.04 (91%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Larsson13:51

    xG 0.40–0.36 (53%)attempts 18–12goals 1–1

  3. Giordano – Dunn2:49

    xG 0.19–0.24 (45%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière8:16

    xG 0.62–0.06 (91%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Strome – Goodrow – Panarin6:30

    xG 0.72–0.28 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Hunt – Panarin5:15

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. McKegg – Brodzinski – Gauthier5:48

    xG 0.23–0.33 (40%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindgren – Schneider15:37

    xG 0.93–0.47 (66%)attempts 14–18goals 0–1

  2. Hajek – Jones9:54

    xG 0.51–0.59 (46%)attempts 2–14goals 1–0

  3. Trouba – Miller15:21

    xG 0.22–0.73 (23%)attempts 12–23goals 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.

NYR 2.8 xGSEA 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRSEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #400 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 55% of the time.

NYR winsSEA wins

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

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