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Thu, Jan 4, 2024·Madison Square Garden, New York

Chicago Blackhawks 1, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 80% of the time.

NYR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI091608123
NYR11117214432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:00NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Vincent Trocheck · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:25NYRChris KreiderPPGWGAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad · Deflected, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:03CHIColin BlackwellAssists: Boris Katchouk, Jaycob Megna · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:31NYRJacob TroubaAssists: Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck · Snap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:41NYRJimmy VeseyAssists: Will Cuylle, Braden Schneider · Snap, 0.13 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 4:31NYRAdam Fox: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:35CHIKevin Korchinski: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:10NYRK'Andre Miller: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 4:05NYRBlake Wheeler: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 4:05CHIJarred Tinordi: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 13:19CHIJason Dickinson: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 13:36NYRAdam Fox: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINYR
23Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals3.7
47Shot attempts66
16Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
23Hits19
14Blocked shots16
1Giveaways5
2Takeaways3

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Kurashev – Bedard13:24

    xG 0.72–0.67 (52%)attempts 17–12goals 0–2

  2. Foligno – Blackwell – Dickinson10:47

    xG 0.17–0.32 (35%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Entwistle – Guttman – Reichel10:25

    xG 0.34–0.65 (35%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Seney – Katchouk – Johnson8:45

    xG 0.13–0.52 (20%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMegna – Korchinski2:19

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Zaitsev – Vlasic2:18

    xG 0.04–0.00 (95%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Megna – Vlasic11:26

    xG 0.33–0.37 (47%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière14:28

    xG 1.08–0.32 (77%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  2. Bonino – Brodzinski – Othmann8:11

    xG 0.71–0.13 (84%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Vesey – Cuylle9:27

    xG 0.29–0.14 (67%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  4. Wheeler – Kreider – Zibanejad9:17

    xG 0.25–0.46 (35%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Schneider13:23

    xG 0.87–0.19 (82%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Miller15:35

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 19–15goals 1–1

  3. Fox – Lindgren15:50

    xG 0.76–0.71 (52%)attempts 12–16goals 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.

NYR 3.7 xGCHI 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #1001 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 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 80% of the time.

NYR winsCHI wins

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

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