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Sat, Jan 27, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 7, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0125928729
OTT1719015231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:43OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:24OTTJakob ChychrunPPAssists: Drake Batherson, Thomas Chabot · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:51NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:33NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:12NYRZac JonesGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck · Snap, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:16NYRJonny BrodzinskiAssists: Zac Jones, Will Cuylle · Deflected, 0.15 xG4–2
  7. P2 16:54NYRBlake WheelerAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.11 xG5–2
  8. P3 17:17NYRArtemi PanarinENAssists: Alexis Lafrenière · Wrist, 0.58 xG6–2
  9. P3 17:52NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Jonny Brodzinski, Erik Gustafsson · Wrist, 0.09 xG7–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 14:30NYRBarclay Goodrow: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 14:30OTTMark Kastelic: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:23OTTDrake Batherson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 1:15NYRMika Zibanejad: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:58OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:58NYRConnor Mackey: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 8:27OTTMathieu Joseph: Embellishment2 min
  8. P2 8:27NYRBlake Wheeler: Interference2 min
  9. P2 18:05OTTArtem Zub: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 10:04OTTArtem Zub: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 17:17OTTJakob Chychrun: Misconduct10 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goodrow won the faceoff against Chartier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
29Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts61
31Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
14Penalty minutes28
29Hits26
14Blocked shots17
8Giveaways11
8Takeaways8

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. bestBrodzinski – Kakko – Cuylle9:44

    xG 0.52–0.27 (66%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  2. Wheeler – Kreider – Zibanejad11:21

    xG 0.30–0.39 (43%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  3. Pitlick – Goodrow – Vesey11:19

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière10:52

    xG 0.62–1.07 (37%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Fox2:01

    xG 0.36–0.05 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Gustafsson – Jones11:14

    xG 0.70–0.54 (56%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0

  3. Fox – Mackey13:58

    xG 0.16–0.42 (27%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle10:54

    xG 1.00–0.15 (87%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Batherson – Pinto – Greig11:02

    xG 0.20–0.25 (44%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Chartier – Kastelic – Kelly7:22

    xG 0.15–0.25 (38%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Tarasenko – Joseph – Norris10:22

    xG 0.11–0.64 (15%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrannstrom – Bernard-Docker12:11

    xG 0.70–0.42 (63%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Chabot – Chychrun17:33

    xG 0.53–0.35 (60%)attempts 19–17goals 0–1

  3. Sanderson – Zub15:14

    xG 0.66–0.66 (50%)attempts 13–14goals 1–2

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.

OTT 2.4 xGNYR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #470 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 60% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

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

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