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Tue, Jan 16, 2024·Madison Square Garden, New York

Seattle Kraken 2, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 62% of the time.

NYR winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA1801617231
NYR2721016523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:22NYRVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:41SEAJordan EberlePPAssists: Jared McCann, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:09NYRErik GustafssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:32NYRBlake WheelerGWGAssists: Jonny Brodzinski, Braden Schneider · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:01NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:24SEAJared McCannPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:22NYRBlake WheelerENAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:18SEAJaden Schwartz: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:01SEAJustin Schultz: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:14NYRBarclay Goodrow: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 13:36NYRK'Andre Miller: Tripping2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEANYR
31Shots on goal23
3.0Expected goals3.6
66Shot attempts52
14Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits24
12Blocked shots15
6Giveaways8
6Takeaways11

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Tatar – McCann10:42

    xG 0.98–0.24 (80%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Hayden – Yamamoto – Kartye7:21

    xG 0.17–0.15 (54%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  3. Schwartz – Wennberg – Tanev11:02

    xG 0.64–0.65 (50%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen11:54

    xG 0.39–0.60 (39%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Dumoulin7:26

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Evans4:51

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen16:28

    xG 0.97–1.14 (46%)attempts 14–14goals 0–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Kakko11:21

    xG 0.64–0.53 (54%)attempts 10–13goals 2–0

  2. Wheeler – Brodzinski – Cuylle7:27

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière13:20

    xG 0.44–0.66 (40%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Goodrow – Vesey11:43

    xG 0.43–0.79 (35%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Schneider12:08

    xG 0.68–0.27 (72%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren15:54

    xG 0.67–0.91 (43%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller19:52

    xG 0.46–1.06 (30%)attempts 9–26goals 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.

NYR 3.6 xGSEA 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #700 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 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 62% of the time.

NYR winsSEA wins

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

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