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Sat, Jan 13, 2024·Capital One Arena, Washington

New York Rangers 2, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

WSH winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR1819010227
WSH1501026321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:23NYRAdam FoxAssists: Will Cuylle, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:50WSHAnthony ManthaAssists: Connor McMichael · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:15NYRAdam FoxUnassisted · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:36WSHNic DowdAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:29WSHT.J. OshieGWGAssists: Dylan Strome, Joel Edmundson · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:58WSHTom Wilson: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 8:58NYRAnton Blidh: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 8:58WSHConnor McMichael: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 15:17WSHNic Dowd: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 15:17WSHNic Dowd: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P1 15:17NYRRyan Lindgren: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 12:52NYRRyan Lindgren: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:26WSHMax Pacioretty: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 4:26NYRChris Kreider: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 14:33NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Slashing2 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 SOG0WSH
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goodrow won the faceoff against McMichael
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRWSH
27Shots on goal21
2.7Expected goals2.4
63Shot attempts48
41Faceoffs won18
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
31Hits17
14Blocked shots22
7Giveaways11
9Takeaways5

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. bestTrocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière13:17

    xG 1.23–0.81 (61%)attempts 28–14goals 0–1

  2. Bonino – Blidh – Brodzinski4:31

    xG 0.03–0.19 (13%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Cuylle10:40

    xG 0.23–0.43 (35%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  4. Wheeler – Goodrow – Vesey9:16

    xG 0.10–0.47 (17%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Schneider10:58

    xG 0.56–0.06 (91%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller15:43

    xG 0.51–0.75 (40%)attempts 18–17goals 0–1

  3. Fox – Lindgren14:13

    xG 0.54–0.82 (40%)attempts 13–17goals 2–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOshie – Pacioretty – Strome13:05

    xG 0.71–0.29 (71%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Kuznetsov – Mantha – Lapierre6:37

    xG 0.63–0.21 (75%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Wilson – McMichael – Protas6:45

    xG 0.44–0.11 (80%)attempts 12–3goals 0–1

  4. Mantha – McMichael – Protas2:58

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Bear9:12

    xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Edmundson – van Riemsdyk4:36

    xG 0.21–0.07 (74%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – Fehérváry3:21

    xG 0.20–0.11 (63%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

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.

WSH 2.4 xGNYR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #676 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 54% of the time.

WSH winsNYR wins

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

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