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Tue, Apr 12, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 4, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 59% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR081938425
NYR0141719230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:03NYRK'Andre MillerAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Frank Vatrano · Snap, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:38CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:02CARSeth JarvisAssists: Sebastian Aho, Brady Skjei · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:42CARJordan StaalGWGAssists: Brady Skjei, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:22NYRChris KreiderAssists: Andrew Copp, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:54CARSebastian AhoENAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.77 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:28CARBrady Skjei: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 14:24CARBrett Pesce: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:21NYRFrank Vatrano: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:49CARBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 8:42CARTony DeAngelo: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 9:21NYRRyan Strome: Hooking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
25Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals3.2
53Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits19
11Blocked shots15
19Giveaways27
11Takeaways16

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Teravainen – Necas9:36

    xG 0.47–0.30 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Martinook – Domi – Lorentz6:20

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis10:46

    xG 0.54–0.64 (46%)attempts 13–9goals 2–1

  4. Staal – Niederreiter – Fast11:09

    xG 0.19–0.57 (25%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – DeAngelo14:21

    xG 0.81–0.58 (58%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Smith10:26

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce17:23

    xG 0.54–0.64 (46%)attempts 17–13goals 2–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Kakko – Lafrenière9:01

    xG 0.38–0.08 (82%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano10:58

    xG 0.43–0.33 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Reaves – Hunt – Rooney7:24

    xG 0.35–0.28 (55%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  4. Strome – Copp – Panarin11:03

    xG 0.45–0.68 (40%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller15:59

    xG 0.72–0.34 (68%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  2. Braun – Schneider12:42

    xG 0.30–0.49 (39%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren13:32

    xG 0.24–0.66 (27%)attempts 11–18goals 0–2

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 3.2 xGCAR 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #782 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 59% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

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