Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Feb 9, 2024·United Center, Chicago

New York Rangers 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 55% of the time.

CHI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR2121170313435
CHI1801121200331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:39CHIAlex VlasicUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:49NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: K'Andre Miller, Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 6:16NYRChris KreiderAssists: Adam Fox, Ryan Lindgren · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:02NYRJonny BrodzinskiAssists: Will Cuylle, Kaapo Kakko · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:37CHINick FolignoAssists: Isaak Phillips, Philipp Kurashev · Wrist, 0.29 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:58CHIJason DickinsonAssists: Seth Jones, Philipp Kurashev · Tip-in, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:37NYRMika ZibanejadGWGAssists: Chris Kreider, Adam Fox · Snap, 0.14 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:15CHITyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:49CHISeth Jones: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 16:46CHINick Foligno: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 16:46NYRIgor Shesterkin: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 1:23CHIJaycob Megna: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 3:13NYRWill Cuylle: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 5:28NYRRyan Lindgren: Interference2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackCHI 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.

NYRCHI
35Shots on goal31
3.4Expected goals3.0
54Shot attempts55
22Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits17
15Blocked shots12
9Giveaways10
5Takeaways6

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 – Cuylle7:08

    xG 0.58–0.17 (78%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Panarin3:37

    xG 0.25–0.02 (93%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Trocheck – Lafrenière2:54

    xG 0.17–0.00 (99%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Kreider – Zibanejad5:34

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Schneider10:20

    xG 1.00–0.64 (61%)attempts 12–9goals 1–2

  2. Trouba – Miller15:34

    xG 0.57–0.66 (46%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren13:51

    xG 0.22–0.53 (29%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Johnson – Kurashev13:26

    xG 1.23–0.65 (66%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

  2. Katchouk – Raddysh – Entwistle8:46

    xG 0.16–0.25 (40%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Blackwell – Dickinson – Anderson8:58

    xG 0.19–0.40 (32%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  4. Donato – Pitlick – Reichel4:46

    xG 0.02–0.61 (3%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Korchinski9:37

    xG 1.00–0.19 (84%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Megna – Korchinski2:15

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Vlasic17:19

    xG 0.31–0.39 (45%)attempts 13–11goals 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.

CHI 3.0 xGNYR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 91/100 · #153 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 55% of the time.

CHI winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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