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Mon, Feb 20, 2023·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 4, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 85% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG291418421
NYR020112019151

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:12WPGPierre-Luc DuboisPPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Nikolaj Ehlers · Deflected, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:32WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Kyle Connor, Neal Pionk · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:04WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mason Appleton, Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:00NYRVincent TrocheckAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:29WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor, Mason Appleton · Backhand, 0.05 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:37NYRK'Andre Miller: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:39WPGSam Gagner: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:39NYRVincent Trocheck: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:28WPGMorgan Barron: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 19:12WPGDylan DeMelo: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 3:10WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 6:51WPGMorgan Barron: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
21Shots on goal51
2.4Expected goals5.0
36Shot attempts75
28Faceoffs won33
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
19Hits20
11Blocked shots9
7Giveaways19
6Takeaways9

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Connor – Appleton13:33

    xG 1.14–0.63 (64%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  2. Maenalanen – Stenlund – Kuhlman5:46

    xG 0.00–0.05 (7%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Ehlers – Dubois10:09

    xG 0.46–0.77 (38%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Lowry – Barron8:39

    xG 0.05–1.33 (3%)attempts 1–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Dillon – Pionk14:38

    xG 0.55–0.50 (52%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Schmidt – Stanley10:12

    xG 0.40–0.58 (41%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Schmidt – Morrissey3:10

    xG 0.00–0.33 (1%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Trocheck – Panarin11:59

    xG 1.19–0.30 (80%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey9:13

    xG 0.72–0.29 (71%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Motte – Leschyshyn7:01

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

  4. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière10:28

    xG 0.52–0.58 (48%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren15:50

    xG 1.21–0.58 (67%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Miller16:32

    xG 1.10–0.94 (54%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  3. Mikkola – Schneider12:30

    xG 0.51–0.40 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

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 5.0 xGWPG 2.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #1051 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 85% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

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