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Tue, Oct 25, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Colorado Avalanche 3, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 55% of the time.

NYR winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL12007114032344
NYR011115117031246

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:40COLValeri NichushkinPPAssists: Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:06NYRBarclay GoodrowAssists: Jacob Trouba, Sammy Blais · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:59COLLogan O'ConnorSHAssists: Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:03NYRAdam FoxAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. COL Nathan MacKinnon stopped
  2. 2. NYR Kaapo Kakko stopped
  3. 3. COL Cale Makar stopped
  4. 4. NYR Mika Zibanejad stopped
  5. 5. COL Mikko Rantanen scored
  6. 6. NYR Artemi Panarin scored
  7. 7. COL Evan Rodrigues scored
  8. 8. NYR Alexis Lafrenière stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:25NYRKaapo Kakko: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:11NYRAlexis Lafrenière: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 0:00COLDryden Hunt: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:33NYRJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:10COLJ.T. Compher: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:24COLJosh Manson: Holding2 min
  7. OT 3:31COLNathan MacKinnon: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNYR
44Shots on goal46
3.9Expected goals4.2
65Shot attempts73
27Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits39
12Blocked shots16
3Giveaways11
5Takeaways5

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen4:24

    xG 0.51–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen10:44

    xG 0.78–0.58 (57%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Nichushkin – Rodrigues – Newhook6:17

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Lehkonen – Rodrigues – Newhook3:37

    xG 0.19–0.11 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar14:59

    xG 1.27–0.49 (72%)attempts 22–14goals 0–1

  2. Girard – Byram2:18

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Girard10:43

    xG 0.34–0.51 (40%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière13:15

    xG 1.06–1.03 (51%)attempts 26–13goals 0–0

  2. Goodrow – Vesey – Kravtsov8:20

    xG 0.25–0.28 (48%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

  3. Reaves – Carpenter – Blais5:42

    xG 0.02–0.11 (17%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko10:47

    xG 0.24–0.69 (26%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller18:47

    xG 1.09–0.68 (61%)attempts 25–13goals 1–0

  2. Hajek – Schneider7:51

    xG 0.12–0.48 (20%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren12:52

    xG 0.26–0.79 (25%)attempts 8–18goals 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.

NYR 4.2 xGCOL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #305 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 55% of the time.

NYR winsCOL wins

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

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