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Sun, Mar 20, 2022·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 87% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR031718218
CAR014015015044

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:39NYRChris KreiderGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba, Alexis Lafrenière · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:18NYRFrank VatranoENAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.78 xG2–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:56NYRAdam Fox: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:22NYRBraden Schneider: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:45NYRPatrik Nemeth: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:38CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:20CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
18Shots on goal44
3.1Expected goals6.1
36Shot attempts94
22Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
39Hits16
23Blocked shots7
19Giveaways14
8Takeaways8

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. Goodrow – Hunt – Chytil3:42

    xG 0.06–0.09 (39%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière10:03

    xG 0.41–0.54 (43%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  3. Reaves – McKegg – Brodzinski3:13

    xG 0.01–0.23 (5%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Brodzinski – Chytil5:51

    xG 0.27–0.66 (29%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Trouba – Miller15:15

    xG 0.92–1.10 (45%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren15:10

    xG 0.55–1.00 (36%)attempts 9–24goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Schneider11:44

    xG 0.21–1.28 (14%)attempts 2–22goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Necas – Svechnikov10:25

    xG 0.86–0.14 (86%)attempts 19–4goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Fast – Lorentz9:38

    xG 0.80–0.44 (64%)attempts 19–7goals 0–1

  3. Stepan – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis2:18

    xG 0.29–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis10:27

    xG 0.84–0.58 (59%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Smith7:13

    xG 1.07–0.07 (94%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce15:14

    xG 1.43–0.63 (69%)attempts 29–11goals 0–1

  3. Slavin – DeAngelo10:09

    xG 0.71–0.46 (61%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

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.

CAR 6.1 xGNYR 3.1 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1187 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 87% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

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