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Tue, Mar 29, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

New York Rangers 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 82% of the time.

PIT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR092918326
PIT1508111224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:24PITBrian BoyleAssists: Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:32NYRFrank VatranoAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:04NYRBraden SchneiderAssists: Artemi Panarin, Andrew Copp · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:06NYRChris KreiderPPGWGAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:37PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 9:45NYRRyan Lindgren: Holding2 min
  2. P2 0:00NYRRyan Lindgren: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 0:00PITMike Matheson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:00PITJake Guentzel: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 5:02NYRBarclay Goodrow: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 10:04NYRAndrew Copp: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackPIT 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.

NYRPIT
26Shots on goal24
4.4Expected goals2.4
58Shot attempts48
22Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
38Hits32
13Blocked shots19
2Giveaways13
10Takeaways11

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. bestCopp – Hunt – Panarin12:09

    xG 0.53–0.18 (75%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano11:59

    xG 0.56–0.59 (49%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Reaves – Motte – Brodzinski7:06

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  4. Goodrow – Chytil – Lafrenière9:58

    xG 0.08–0.21 (27%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller18:26

    xG 0.62–0.52 (54%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  2. Nemeth – Schneider10:04

    xG 0.27–0.30 (48%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren13:54

    xG 0.29–0.45 (39%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Rust – Rakell8:59

    xG 0.55–0.26 (68%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Malkin – Rakell – Kapanen2:57

    xG 0.12–0.06 (66%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Blueger – Zohorna6:39

    xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  4. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel2:37

    xG 0.09–0.12 (42%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin16:42

    xG 0.74–0.28 (72%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Ruhwedel – Pettersson10:34

    xG 0.43–0.18 (71%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Matheson2:14

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

PIT 2.4 xGNYR 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #853 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 82% of the time.

PIT winsNYR wins

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

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