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Mon, Jan 16, 2023·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Rangers 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

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

CBJ winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR21311307333
CBJ0408113125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:39NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:02NYRBarclay GoodrowPPGWGAssists: K'Andre Miller, Kaapo Kakko · Deflected, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:47NYRVitali KravtsovAssists: Filip Chytil, Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:21CBJAndrew PeekeAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Jack Roslovic · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:54NYRVincent Trocheck: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:50CBJMathieu Olivier: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 11:50CBJNick Blankenburg: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 12:00NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 17:50CBJKirill Marchenko: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:21CBJSean Kuraly: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:45NYRJonny Brodzinski: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 0:26CBJAdam Boqvist: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 19:38NYRJacob Trouba: 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 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Roslovic
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCBJ
33Shots on goal25
3.4Expected goals3.1
71Shot attempts47
26Faceoffs won27
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
13Hits21
14Blocked shots21
3Giveaways5
6Takeaways7

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. bestTrocheck – Vesey – Panarin9:37

    xG 0.53–0.05 (91%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Brodzinski – Blais – Leschyshyn8:53

    xG 0.54–0.08 (87%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Chytil – Kravtsov8:32

    xG 0.65–0.22 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  4. Vesey – Chytil – Kravtsov2:08

    xG 0.14–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren11:21

    xG 0.68–0.23 (75%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Harpur – Schneider10:59

    xG 0.46–0.04 (92%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller14:53

    xG 0.55–0.38 (59%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Gaudreau – Jenner – Laine6:10

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Jenner – Marchenko2:45

    xG 0.04–0.03 (53%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Jenner – Robinson2:38

    xG 0.02–0.11 (14%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Bemstrom – Marchenko – Johnson2:40

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Blankenburg2:19

    xG 0.20–0.14 (60%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Boqvist – Blankenburg2:07

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Peeke3:08

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 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.

CBJ 3.1 xGNYR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #1135 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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.

CBJ winsNYR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).