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Sat, Nov 12, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

New York Rangers 1, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

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

NSH winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01111608135
NSH141608218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58NSHJuuso ParssinenAssists: Filip Forsberg, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:37NSHMark JankowskiGWGAssists: Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:56NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Adam Fox, Kaapo Kakko · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:23NYRRyan Reaves: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 6:51NSHCole Smith: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:52NYRKaapo Kakko: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:18NSHRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:49NSHMattias Ekholm: Holding2 min
  6. P2 5:08NYRSammy Blais: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 9:41NYRRyan Lindgren: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 9:41NSHRyan Johansen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 12:03NSHJeremy Lauzon: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 12:03NYRRyan Lindgren: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 2:26NYRLibor Hajek: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 13:41NYRRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 13:41NSHTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 13:41NSHJeremy Lauzon: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0NSH
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Chytil won the faceoff against Parssinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNSH
35Shots on goal18
3.3Expected goals2.2
73Shot attempts45
26Faceoffs won25
5Power plays4
20Penalty minutes22
32Hits25
16Blocked shots22
4Giveaways4
4Takeaways6

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 – Vesey6:23

    xG 0.58–0.52 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière7:43

    xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 8–4goals 1–1

  3. Trocheck – Panarin – Gauthier9:40

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Reaves – Goodrow – Blais6:20

    xG 0.10–0.22 (31%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Trouba – Miller11:02

    xG 0.61–0.69 (47%)attempts 22–11goals 0–2

  2. Hajek – Schneider8:55

    xG 0.18–0.26 (40%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren8:40

    xG 0.11–0.25 (31%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJankowski – Jeannot – Smith8:52

    xG 0.41–0.13 (76%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Granlund – Forsberg – Parssinen9:07

    xG 0.26–0.26 (51%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  3. Sissons – McCarron – Tolvanen3:53

    xG 0.03–0.20 (14%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Duchene – Johansen – Niederreiter7:02

    xG 0.22–0.49 (31%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Carrier8:03

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Fabbro8:33

    xG 0.42–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

  3. McDonagh – Carrier3:07

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

NSH 2.2 xGNYR 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #924 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NSH 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.

NSH winsNYR wins

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

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