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Wed, Oct 26, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

New York Rangers 0, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 64% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR017012012041
NYI0811229329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:44NYIKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:37NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Adam Pelech, Mathew Barzal · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 15:22NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Adam Pelech, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:34NYRRyan Lindgren: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:32NYRK'Andre Miller: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:09NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:55NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 13:16NYRAdam Fox: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:53NYIAlexander Romanov: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
41Shots on goal29
4.0Expected goals3.1
72Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
43Hits35
14Blocked shots16
15Giveaways10
4Takeaways10

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. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Kakko10:16

    xG 0.82–0.63 (57%)attempts 12–12goals 0–2

  2. Goodrow – Vesey – Gauthier8:05

    xG 0.78–0.64 (55%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière9:34

    xG 0.44–0.54 (45%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  4. Reaves – Carpenter – Blais7:19

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren14:44

    xG 1.52–0.69 (69%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller16:14

    xG 0.51–0.69 (43%)attempts 14–15goals 0–2

  3. Hajek – Schneider11:38

    xG 0.61–0.89 (41%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Barzal – Wahlstrom8:20

    xG 0.48–0.16 (75%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier10:51

    xG 0.96–0.72 (57%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:29

    xG 0.24–0.57 (29%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Parise – Palmieri – Pageau9:42

    xG 0.16–0.70 (18%)attempts 5–18goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pelech4:27

    xG 0.40–0.11 (78%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Pulock – Dobson3:22

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock11:13

    xG 0.93–0.94 (50%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

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.

NYI 3.1 xGNYR 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1216 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 64% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

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