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Sun, Oct 23, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ162827521
NYR0911606131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:54CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Liam Foudy · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:42CBJAndrew PeekeGWGAssists: Jack Roslovic, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:00CBJEgor ChinakhovAssists: Liam Foudy, Jake Bean · Snap, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P2 18:44NYRArtemi PanarinPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:13CBJEric RobinsonAssists: Erik Gudbranson, Sean Kuraly · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P3 14:57CBJKent JohnsonAssists: Jakub Voracek, Jack Roslovic · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 9:45CBJErik Gudbranson: Holding2 min
  2. P2 16:45CBJAndrew Peeke: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:31CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 0:49NYRRyan Lindgren: Cross checking2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
49% to win51% to win
← CBJ attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYR
21Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals3.3
42Shot attempts70
17Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
15Hits26
21Blocked shots13
6Giveaways10
9Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoudy – Chinakhov – Sillinger10:42

    xG 0.43–0.19 (69%)attempts 6–8goals 2–0

  2. Nyquist – Gaudreau – Jenner14:18

    xG 0.81–0.76 (52%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson11:18

    xG 0.37–0.34 (53%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Voracek – Roslovic – Johnson11:05

    xG 0.36–0.35 (50%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Werenski9:23

    xG 0.99–0.18 (84%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  2. Werenski – Peeke2:02

    xG 0.22–0.01 (94%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Bean5:21

    xG 0.20–0.10 (68%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Trocheck – Lafrenière2:36

    xG 0.24–0.06 (79%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière10:17

    xG 0.84–0.77 (52%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko8:50

    xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Reaves – Carpenter – Blais3:31

    xG 0.14–0.11 (57%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren16:56

    xG 1.08–0.72 (60%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller15:41

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 12–13goals 0–3

  3. Jones – Schneider12:45

    xG 0.23–0.68 (25%)attempts 10–11goals 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 3.3 xGCBJ 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1082 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 69% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

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

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