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Sat, Oct 14, 2023·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Rangers 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 74% of the time.

CBJ winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR18017217342
CBJ2921012521

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:50NYRErik GustafssonAssists: Adam Fox, Jimmy Vesey · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:36CBJBoone JennerAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Kirill Marchenko · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:45CBJBoone JennerPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Ivan Provorov · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:30CBJBoone JennerAssists: Jake Bean · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:37CBJDavid JiricekGWGAssists: Patrik Laine, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:53NYRWill CuylleAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Erik Gustafsson · Snap, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:54CBJJustin DanforthAssists: Cole Sillinger, Kent Johnson · Snap, 0.24 xG2–5
  8. P3 19:24NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:54NYRAdam Fox: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:38CBJMathieu Olivier: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 7:19CBJDavid Jiricek: Interference2 min
  4. P3 18:34CBJDamon Severson: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Laine
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCBJ
42Shots on goal21
4.7Expected goals2.9
93Shot attempts47
34Faceoffs won25
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
23Hits25
12Blocked shots27
2Giveaways5
7Takeaways8

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. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Kakko11:31

    xG 1.10–0.41 (73%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Cuylle3:04

    xG 0.47–0.02 (96%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  3. Wheeler – Trocheck – Cuylle9:36

    xG 0.53–0.19 (74%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Goodrow – Vesey5:39

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Fox16:47

    xG 1.80–0.61 (75%)attempts 30–12goals 2–0

  2. Trouba – Miller17:02

    xG 1.04–0.57 (65%)attempts 20–10goals 0–2

  3. Jones – Schneider12:06

    xG 0.64–0.65 (50%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko13:33

    xG 0.66–0.64 (51%)attempts 11–16goals 2–0

  2. Kuraly – Olivier – Foudy7:01

    xG 0.13–0.42 (24%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  3. Danforth – Johnson – Sillinger11:09

    xG 0.48–0.96 (33%)attempts 6–16goals 1–0

  4. Laine – Texier – Fantilli12:35

    xG 0.68–1.21 (36%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gudbranson – Bean14:21

    xG 0.70–0.92 (43%)attempts 16–20goals 1–0

  2. Severson – Boqvist14:34

    xG 0.82–1.13 (42%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Provorov – Jiricek14:54

    xG 0.04–0.92 (4%)attempts 3–20goals 1–2

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 2.9 xGNYR 4.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 66/100 · #511 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 74% 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).