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Tue, Mar 15, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Anaheim Ducks 3, New York Rangers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

NYR winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA161101700323
NYR1711111911438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:29NYRJonny BrodzinskiAssists: Filip Chytil, Braden Schneider · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:05ANAMaxime ComtoisAssists: Troy Terry, Adam Henrique · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:06NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:53ANACam FowlerPPAssists: Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:35ANADerek GrantAssists: Danny O'Regan · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:40NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:55NYRAdam FoxGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:19ANASam Carrick: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:46NYRRyan Lindgren: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 4:41NYRJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:18NYRRyan Strome: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 11:53ANAMaxime Comtois: Hooking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANYR
23Shots on goal38
2.9Expected goals2.4
42Shot attempts59
25Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
16Hits20
11Blocked shots8
5Giveaways7
3Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestDeslauriers – Carrick – Robinson8:12

    xG 0.54–0.12 (82%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Terry – Comtois11:51

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Milano – Lettieri – Zegras12:57

    xG 0.50–0.31 (61%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Grant – O'Regan – Lundeström8:25

    xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 4–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Benoit10:33

    xG 1.10–0.48 (70%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  2. Fowler – Sustr18:19

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Drysdale16:35

    xG 0.38–0.39 (49%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Hunt – Panarin14:11

    xG 0.64–0.25 (72%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Goodrow – Brodzinski – Chytil10:43

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière11:51

    xG 0.19–0.52 (26%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – McKegg – Gauthier7:42

    xG 0.09–0.71 (11%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren17:13

    xG 0.74–0.37 (67%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller15:53

    xG 0.14–0.79 (15%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

  3. Nemeth – Schneider13:38

    xG 0.21–0.92 (18%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

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.

NYR 2.4 xGANA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #164 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.38 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

NYR winsANA wins

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

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