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Sat, Oct 28, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Rangers 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 68% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR18052912424
VAN071921106333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:18NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:57VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Filip Hronek, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:06VANTyler MyersSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:21NYRAdam FoxPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:24NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:42VANCarson SoucyAssists: Filip Hronek, Anthony Beauvillier · Slap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:48NYRK'Andre MillerGWGAssists: Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.20 xG4–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:49NYRJacob Trouba: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 7:40VANDakota Joshua: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 8:35VANFilip Hronek: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 13:25NYRVincent Trocheck: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 7:05VANSam Lafferty: Interference2 min
  6. P2 14:00NYRWill Cuylle: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:23NYRArtemi Panarin: Holding2 min
  8. P3 2:50NYRJimmy Vesey: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 8:41VANPhillip Di Giuseppe: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  10. P3 11:51VANConor Garland: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  11. P3 13:32NYRFilip Chytil: Closing hand on puck2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRVAN
24Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts69
32Faceoffs won24
6Power plays6
12Penalty minutes12
19Hits21
19Blocked shots11
7Giveaways5
2Takeaways7

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. bestWheeler – Trocheck – Cuylle7:07

    xG 0.39–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko7:48

    xG 0.14–0.09 (60%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Panarin – Chytil – Lafrenière10:58

    xG 0.08–0.25 (24%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Goodrow – Vesey4:21

    xG 0.00–0.48 (0%)attempts 1–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Schneider9:44

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren10:15

    xG 0.14–0.45 (24%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller11:30

    xG 0.10–0.48 (17%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko7:15

    xG 0.38–0.04 (91%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:29

    xG 0.21–0.07 (75%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Lafferty – Beauvillier – Hoglander6:23

    xG 0.15–0.16 (48%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Garland – Suter5:19

    xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Friedman7:09

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Hronek – Hughes11:10

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Soucy11:06

    xG 0.29–0.41 (41%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

VAN 3.6 xGNYR 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #73 of 1312 this seasonSwing 3.23 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 68% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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