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Wed, Feb 15, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Rangers 6, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 77% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR31021216628
VAN2919111429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:52VANCurtis LazarAssists: Dakota Joshua, Nils Aman · Deflected, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:51NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:03NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Vincent Trocheck · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 12:45VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P1 15:36NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Niko Mikkola, Braden Schneider · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P2 0:50NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–2
  7. P2 9:26VANConor GarlandAssists: Andrei Kuzmenko, Sheldon Dries · Backhand, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P2 13:28NYRK'Andre MillerGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–3
  9. P3 8:51VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Elias Pettersson, Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–4
  10. P3 18:26NYRMika ZibanejadENAssists: Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.71 xG6–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 11:21NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:22NYRNiko Mikkola: Holding2 min
  3. P2 15:04VANNils Aman: Hooking2 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 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRVAN
28Shots on goal29
3.8Expected goals2.2
44Shot attempts54
21Faceoffs won36
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits31
17Blocked shots9
4Giveaways11
5Takeaways12

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 – Panarin13:15

    xG 0.68–0.37 (65%)attempts 11–9goals 2–1

  2. Goodrow – Gauthier – Leschyshyn9:28

    xG 0.58–0.27 (68%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Tarasenko – Zibanejad12:46

    xG 0.34–0.37 (48%)attempts 5–14goals 2–0

  4. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière9:29

    xG 0.23–0.72 (24%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMikkola – Schneider15:10

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  2. Fox – Lindgren16:27

    xG 0.52–0.48 (52%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Trouba – Miller14:00

    xG 0.28–0.36 (44%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLazar – Joshua – Aman4:05

    xG 0.58–0.05 (92%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Beauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko5:07

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Garland10:42

    xG 0.39–0.27 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  4. Joshua – Boeser – Dries2:24

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBear – Stillman3:36

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Bear – Hughes10:35

    xG 0.95–0.79 (54%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  3. Schenn – Myers3:08

    xG 0.07–0.01 (83%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

VAN 2.2 xGNYR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #220 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50VAN 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 77% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

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

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