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Thu, Mar 23, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 55% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR031815216
CAR11301205130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:47CARSebastian AhoAssists: Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:33NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:01NYRAdam FoxGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:05CARJack Drury: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 10:16CARJordan Staal: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 13:26NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:35NYRMika Zibanejad: Holding2 min
  5. P2 4:13CARBrent Burns: Holding2 min
  6. P2 12:16NYRK'Andre Miller: 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 SOG0CAR
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
16Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals2.1
32Shot attempts63
22Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits22
18Blocked shots7
7Giveaways11
6Takeaways7

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. bestChytil – Kakko – Lafrenière9:35

    xG 0.26–0.09 (74%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Panarin7:13

    xG 0.59–0.48 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 2–1

  3. Kane – Kreider – Trocheck8:37

    xG 0.17–0.30 (36%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Vesey – Motte8:16

    xG 0.00–0.43 (0%)attempts 1–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Mikkola2:39

    xG 0.23–0.02 (93%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller14:41

    xG 0.56–0.46 (55%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Mikkola – Fox12:33

    xG 0.21–0.50 (30%)attempts 2–15goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Puljujarvi – Drury7:38

    xG 0.44–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Fast – Noesen10:42

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Teravainen – Martinook – Kotkaniemi8:51

    xG 0.09–0.13 (41%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Aho – Necas – Jarvis11:36

    xG 0.60–0.74 (45%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Chatfield11:18

    xG 0.61–0.17 (79%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce14:20

    xG 0.68–0.24 (74%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Slavin14:33

    xG 0.26–0.59 (31%)attempts 16–10goals 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.

CAR 2.1 xGNYR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #884 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 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 55% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).