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Thu, Mar 28, 2024·Ball Arena, Denver

New York Rangers 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 77% of the time.

COL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR0601027022325
COL06112118050241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:27COLCasey MittelstadtAssists: Brandon Duhaime, Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:59NYRKaapo KakkoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:35NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:47COLDevon ToewsUnassisted · Other, 1.00 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Artemi Panarin scored
  2. 2. COL Casey Mittelstadt stopped
  3. 3. NYR Mika Zibanejad stopped
  4. 4. COL Mikko Rantanen stopped
  5. 5. NYR Vincent Trocheck scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:38COLNathan MacKinnon: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:12NYRK'Andre Miller: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:00NYRJimmy Vesey: Interference2 min
  4. P3 8:47COLZach Parise: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:35COLCasey Mittelstadt: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mittelstadt won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCOL
25Shots on goal41
2.4Expected goals4.1
62Shot attempts83
29Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
14Hits20
22Blocked shots17
2Giveaways3
11Takeaways13

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. Brodzinski – Wennberg – Kakko6:50

    xG 0.32–0.30 (52%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko2:06

    xG 0.05–0.04 (56%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Vesey – Cuylle10:14

    xG 0.15–0.37 (28%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière9:43

    xG 0.35–0.65 (35%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Miller – Schneider16:25

    xG 0.48–0.57 (46%)attempts 18–17goals 0–1

  2. Ruhwedel – Jones10:05

    xG 0.13–0.36 (27%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren15:12

    xG 0.40–2.07 (16%)attempts 10–28goals 1–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen18:33

    xG 1.86–0.33 (85%)attempts 27–13goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Trenin – Foudy3:29

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Lehkonen – Duhaime – Mittelstadt8:15

    xG 0.34–0.35 (49%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  4. Parise – Wood – Colton8:07

    xG 0.39–0.43 (47%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar17:55

    xG 1.69–0.36 (83%)attempts 26–13goals 1–0

  2. Girard – Walker4:10

    xG 0.50–0.08 (86%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Toews2:23

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

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.

COL 4.1 xGNYR 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #351 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 77% of the time.

COL winsNYR wins

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

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