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Thu, Mar 16, 2023·Madison Square Garden, New York

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 67% of the time.

NYR winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT07111114232
NYR11219214435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:51NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Artemi Panarin, Vladimir Tarasenko · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:40PITRickard RakellAssists: Sidney Crosby · Snap, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:53NYRTyler MotteUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:09PITJake GuentzelAssists: Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:45NYRChris KreiderGWGAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:10NYRChris KreiderENAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.79 xG2–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 5:36PITMarcus Pettersson: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 19:21PITMarcus Pettersson: Holding2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITNYR
32Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals4.0
62Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won25
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
21Hits20
16Blocked shots16
14Giveaways24
11Takeaways17

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rakell – Guentzel7:06

    xG 1.03–0.40 (72%)attempts 17–6goals 2–1

  2. Malkin – Zucker – Nylander8:01

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Malkin – Zucker – Rust6:25

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Archibald – Poehling4:49

    xG 0.21–0.21 (49%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Pettersson4:48

    xG 0.58–0.19 (75%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Joseph – Rutta7:08

    xG 0.64–0.30 (68%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Rutta4:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Kreider – Trocheck12:30

    xG 0.77–0.43 (64%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Goodrow – Vesey – Motte11:11

    xG 0.50–0.37 (57%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  3. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière10:55

    xG 0.64–0.55 (54%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Panarin13:28

    xG 0.63–1.06 (37%)attempts 15–25goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller19:53

    xG 1.09–1.01 (52%)attempts 18–26goals 2–1

  2. Mikkola – Fox15:26

    xG 0.77–0.79 (49%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

  3. Harpur – Schneider12:52

    xG 0.30–0.63 (32%)attempts 10–14goals 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 4.0 xGPIT 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #751 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 67% of the time.

NYR winsPIT wins

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

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