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Tue, Apr 26, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 4, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 55% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01431517436
NYR011112211334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:05CARVincent TrocheckAssists: Brady Skjei, Nino Niederreiter · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:48CARJordan MartinookAssists: Derek Stepan, Martin Necas · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:56NYRChris KreiderAssists: Frank Vatrano · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:19CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 0:32CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Seth Jarvis, Jaccob Slavin · Slap, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P3 13:12NYRJacob TroubaAssists: K'Andre Miller, Mika Zibanejad · Deflected, 0.01 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:58NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Chris Kreider, Adam Fox · Snap, 0.17 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:48NYRFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:42NYRRyan Reaves: Holding2 min
  3. P1 18:18CARBrady Skjei: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:38CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:27CARMartin Necas: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:01NYRBarclay Goodrow: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:01CARIan Cole: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 19:55NYRAdam Fox: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:55CARNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Goodrow
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
36Shots on goal34
3.2Expected goals2.9
58Shot attempts50
37Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
24Hits28
11Blocked shots8
10Giveaways23
14Takeaways15

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. bestAho – Svechnikov – Jarvis8:53

    xG 0.76–0.46 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Stepan – Martinook – Necas7:26

    xG 0.48–0.18 (72%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Niederreiter – Fast11:25

    xG 0.39–0.15 (73%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  4. Trocheck – Teravainen – Domi9:12

    xG 0.48–0.71 (40%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce14:26

    xG 1.11–0.37 (75%)attempts 18–9goals 2–1

  2. Cole – Smith8:32

    xG 0.22–0.08 (74%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. Slavin – DeAngelo13:24

    xG 0.65–0.75 (46%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Chytil – Lafrenière2:35

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Reaves – Hunt – Rooney3:44

    xG 0.24–0.11 (68%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano7:56

    xG 0.59–0.47 (56%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  4. Goodrow – Chytil – Lafrenière2:27

    xG 0.07–0.10 (40%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren10:59

    xG 0.69–0.41 (63%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller14:53

    xG 0.58–0.86 (40%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  3. Nemeth – Schneider13:39

    xG 0.16–0.90 (15%)attempts 3–17goals 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 2.9 xGCAR 3.2 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 69/100 · #474 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 55% 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).