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Fri, Mar 25, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 72% of the time.

NYR winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT050818121
NYR31111319533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:07NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Filip Chytil, Barclay Goodrow · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:58NYRChris KreiderGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 4:16NYRFrank VatranoAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider · Slap, 0.23 xG0–3
  4. P2 6:37NYRChris KreiderSHAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P3 6:00PITJeff CarterPPAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Danton Heinen · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:47NYRAndrew CoppAssists: Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.24 xG1–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:14PITSidney Crosby: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:50NYRDryden Hunt: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 5:27NYRIgor Shesterkin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 4:15NYRPatrik Nemeth: Roughing2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITNYR
21Shots on goal33
1.8Expected goals3.0
45Shot attempts61
26Faceoffs won16
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
24Hits25
18Blocked shots13
7Giveaways6
4Takeaways4

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. Blueger – Heinen – Rodrigues11:30

    xG 0.50–0.71 (41%)attempts 14–10goals 0–2

  2. Carter – Rakell – Kapanen11:03

    xG 0.23–0.52 (31%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel13:34

    xG 0.24–0.99 (19%)attempts 9–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRuhwedel – Pettersson11:11

    xG 0.58–0.35 (62%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  2. Dumoulin – Marino7:43

    xG 0.09–0.21 (31%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Dumoulin5:26

    xG 0.22–0.41 (35%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano10:01

    xG 0.92–0.02 (98%)attempts 14–1goals 1–0

  2. Strome – Copp – Panarin11:52

    xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Goodrow – Chytil – Lafrenière10:32

    xG 0.35–0.32 (53%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  4. Motte – Brodzinski – Hunt7:25

    xG 0.19–0.38 (33%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren15:32

    xG 0.95–0.12 (89%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Miller17:15

    xG 1.08–0.45 (71%)attempts 21–13goals 2–0

  3. Nemeth – Schneider14:29

    xG 0.39–0.71 (35%)attempts 10–20goals 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 3.0 xGPIT 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1159 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 72% of the time.

NYR winsPIT wins

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

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