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Thu, Jan 11, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

New York Rangers 2, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 75% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR114014115243
STL281725520

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:51NYRAdam FoxAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Ryan Lindgren · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:02STLJordan KyrouAssists: Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:30STLJordan KyrouPPAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:26STLBrandon SaadPPGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:01STLJordan KyrouAssists: Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:58NYRVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Chris Kreider, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:42STLPavel BuchnevichENAssists: Oskar Sundqvist, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.59 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:30NYRNick Bonino: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:10NYRJonny Brodzinski: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:32NYRBarclay Goodrow: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:13NYRVincent Trocheck: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:52STLTorey Krug: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 3:55STLBrayden Schenn: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 9:40STLRobert Thomas: 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 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Thomas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRSTL
43Shots on goal20
4.5Expected goals2.7
90Shot attempts39
25Faceoffs won21
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits17
12Blocked shots23
4Giveaways5
9Takeaways16

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 – Brodzinski – Cuylle10:03

    xG 0.66–0.08 (90%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière11:37

    xG 0.70–0.56 (56%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  3. Wheeler – Goodrow – Vesey10:08

    xG 0.28–0.26 (52%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren11:15

    xG 1.22–0.40 (75%)attempts 20–6goals 1–1

  2. Fox – Miller3:22

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Gustafsson – Schneider9:13

    xG 0.28–0.11 (72%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas11:27

    xG 0.85–0.54 (61%)attempts 17–9goals 2–0

  2. Hayes – Kapanen – Toropchenko2:45

    xG 0.13–0.12 (52%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Sundqvist – Walker – Blais2:09

    xG 0.06–0.05 (55%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Walker – Kapanen – Toropchenko3:49

    xG 0.05–0.06 (42%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Kessel13:28

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Perunovich8:15

    xG 0.14–0.17 (46%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Parayko17:51

    xG 0.24–1.35 (15%)attempts 8–29goals 1–1

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.

STL 2.7 xGNYR 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #695 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 75% of the time.

STL winsNYR wins

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

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