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Sat, Apr 8, 2023·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Rangers 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 72% of the time.

CBJ winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR2901128428
CBJ0120305020

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:08NYRJimmy VeseyGWGAssists: Tyler Motte, Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:49NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mika Zibanejad, K'Andre Miller · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:00NYRNiko MikkolaAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Patrick Kane · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P3 19:40NYRVincent TrocheckAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:41NYRVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:01CBJKent Johnson: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 9:55CBJHunter McKown: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 11:43NYRJacob Trouba: 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 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Jenner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCBJ
28Shots on goal20
3.4Expected goals2.0
61Shot attempts45
31Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits24
14Blocked shots17
3Giveaways2
5Takeaways8

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. bestKane – Kreider – Zibanejad9:35

    xG 0.75–0.39 (66%)attempts 17–6goals 2–0

  2. Tarasenko – Trocheck – Panarin10:45

    xG 0.70–0.36 (66%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Goodrow – Vesey – Motte9:41

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  4. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière11:47

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller15:20

    xG 1.13–0.51 (69%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Fox2:13

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Mikkola – Schneider14:10

    xG 0.56–0.52 (52%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestBemstrom – Luoto – McKown8:37

    xG 0.41–0.20 (67%)attempts 14–3goals 0–1

  2. Roslovic – Fix-Wolansky – Johnson8:23

    xG 0.13–0.11 (55%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Robinson – Foudy8:23

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko13:55

    xG 0.50–1.01 (33%)attempts 9–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoqvist – Berni6:11

    xG 0.70–0.26 (73%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  2. Berni – Bjork7:12

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

  3. Jiricek – Bjork5:22

    xG 0.13–0.36 (27%)attempts 2–7goals 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.

CBJ 2.0 xGNYR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1271 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CBJ 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 72% of the time.

CBJ winsNYR wins

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

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