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Wed, Feb 8, 2023·Madison Square Garden, New York

Vancouver Canucks 3, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 59% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1518112325
NYR271717421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:53NYRChris KreiderAssists: Vincent Trocheck, K'Andre Miller · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:31NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Kaapo Kakko, K'Andre Miller · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:36VANConor GarlandAssists: Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:23NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Jacob Trouba, K'Andre Miller · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:06VANVasily PodkolzinAssists: J.T. Miller · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:05NYRMika ZibanejadGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba, Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:16VANElias PetterssonAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:22VANDakota Joshua: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:18NYRVincent Trocheck: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 16:45VANLuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  4. P3 19:21VANBrock Boeser: Tripping2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNYR
25Shots on goal21
1.9Expected goals2.4
43Shot attempts47
26Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
21Hits25
14Blocked shots11
11Giveaways20
11Takeaways9

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoeser – Beauvillier – Pettersson10:15

    xG 0.74–0.50 (60%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Joshua – Boeser – Dries3:10

    xG 0.07–0.01 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Beauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko5:03

    xG 0.02–0.07 (24%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Dries – Kuzmenko4:08

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Ekman-Larsson11:05

    xG 0.64–0.54 (54%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Bear2:47

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Ekman-Larsson2:37

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestZibanejad – Vesey – Panarin13:03

    xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  2. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière11:39

    xG 0.44–0.46 (49%)attempts 14–11goals 2–1

  3. Kreider – Trocheck – Goodrow12:17

    xG 0.54–0.62 (46%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Blais – Leschyshyn – Cuylle6:10

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller16:38

    xG 0.88–0.39 (70%)attempts 20–11goals 4–1

  2. Fox – Lindgren17:11

    xG 0.96–0.70 (58%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Lindgren – Schneider2:35

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

NYR 2.4 xGVAN 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #641 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NYR 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 59% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

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

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