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Fri, Dec 9, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

New York Rangers 2, Colorado Avalanche 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 77% of the time.

COL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR0811505012229
COL112014011050142

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:38COLMikko RantanenAssists: Alex Newhook, Samuel Girard · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:56NYRBraden SchneiderAssists: Artemi Panarin, Barclay Goodrow · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. COL J.T. Compher stopped
  2. 2. NYR Mika Zibanejad scored
  3. 3. COL Mikko Rantanen stopped
  4. 4. NYR Artemi Panarin scored
Penalties (2)
  1. P3 2:20NYRChris Kreider: Holding2 min
  2. P3 7:46COLMikko Rantanen: Interference2 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 SOG0COL
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Compher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCOL
29Shots on goal42
1.5Expected goals3.0
51Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won26
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
24Hits23
16Blocked shots14
7Giveaways11
3Takeaways9

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 – Trocheck – Vesey12:43

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Brodzinski – Blais – Gauthier6:24

    xG 0.10–0.19 (35%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Zibanejad – Kakko – Lafrenière12:08

    xG 0.43–0.77 (36%)attempts 11–19goals 0–1

  4. Goodrow – Panarin – Chytil12:04

    xG 0.23–0.74 (24%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHajek – Schneider12:07

    xG 0.77–0.45 (63%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren16:30

    xG 0.34–0.59 (37%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Miller19:33

    xG 0.18–0.92 (17%)attempts 12–23goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHudon – Foudy – Meyers8:06

    xG 0.79–0.01 (98%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Nichushkin – Rantanen – Newhook8:54

    xG 0.49–0.10 (83%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Cogliano – Compher – O'Connor10:36

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  4. Newhook – Foudy – Meyers2:17

    xG 0.13–0.04 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnglund – Makar3:04

    xG 0.45–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Girard – Makar14:30

    xG 0.63–0.34 (65%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  3. Toews – Makar4:59

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 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.

COL 3.0 xGNYR 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #1096 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 77% of the time.

COL winsNYR wins

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

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