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Sun, Mar 19, 2023·Madison Square Garden, New York

Nashville Predators 0, New York Rangers 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 76% of the time.

NYR winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0601006022
NYR611111012734

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:37NYRFilip ChytilGWGAssists: K'Andre Miller, Jaroslav Halak · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:22NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:14NYRTyler MotteAssists: Jacob Trouba, K'Andre Miller · Snap, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P1 9:09NYRK'Andre MillerAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P1 10:01NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–5
  6. P1 13:36NYRK'Andre MillerAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–6
  7. P2 9:02NYRChris KreiderAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–7
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:30NSHTyson Barrie: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:55NYRPatrick Kane: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 9:48NSHLuke Evangelista: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 5:35NYRVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:19NSHTyson Barrie: Holding2 min
  6. P2 19:39NSHCole Smith: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHNYR
22Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals3.4
47Shot attempts55
26Faceoffs won13
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
20Hits11
12Blocked shots19
6Giveaways6
5Takeaways13

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Glass – Tomasino11:08

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Smith8:52

    xG 0.33–0.35 (49%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista12:04

    xG 0.52–0.81 (39%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  4. Jankowski – McCarron – Afanasyev9:18

    xG 0.12–1.00 (11%)attempts 8–13goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestLauzon – Gross3:37

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Lauzon – Fabbro8:23

    xG 0.06–0.31 (15%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Fabbro5:23

    xG 0.01–0.30 (3%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestChytil – Kakko – Lafrenière11:42

    xG 1.13–0.44 (72%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Goodrow – Vesey – Motte10:06

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Panarin11:19

    xG 0.36–0.20 (65%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Kreider – Trocheck9:45

    xG 0.50–0.54 (48%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller13:38

    xG 1.21–0.14 (90%)attempts 15–8goals 3–0

  2. Trouba – Mikkola2:43

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Mikkola – Fox9:37

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

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 3.4 xGNSH 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1304 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 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 76% of the time.

NYR winsNSH wins

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

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