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Mon, Apr 15, 2024·Madison Square Garden, New York

Ottawa Senators 0, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 81% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT090907025
NYR113111210434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:55NYRJack RoslovicGWGAssists: Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:58NYRAdam FoxSHAssists: Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:34NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Ryan Lindgren, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:00NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.08 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 18:10OTTJiri Smejkal: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:03NYRKaapo Kakko: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 13:11OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 min
  4. P3 13:46NYRMatt Rempe: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 15:31OTTRidly Greig: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  6. P3 17:16OTTBrady Tkachuk: Cross checking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYR
25Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals4.0
59Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits15
15Blocked shots18
2Giveaways13
6Takeaways9

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Giroux – Joseph – Greig11:00

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Kubalik – Joseph – MacEwen2:13

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Imama – MacEwen2:44

    xG 0.00–0.02 (13%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Batherson – Tkachuk – Pinto14:52

    xG 1.08–1.20 (47%)attempts 20–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Brannstrom15:19

    xG 0.70–0.44 (61%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Chychrun2:55

    xG 0.06–0.01 (86%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Sanderson – Zub13:10

    xG 0.53–0.77 (41%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Roslovic10:14

    xG 1.07–0.49 (68%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière13:47

    xG 0.63–0.56 (53%)attempts 13–21goals 2–0

  3. Goodrow – Vesey – Rempe4:55

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Wennberg – Kakko – Cuylle7:38

    xG 0.11–0.38 (23%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren14:31

    xG 0.69–0.15 (82%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Gustafsson14:22

    xG 0.50–0.23 (69%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Schneider16:10

    xG 0.95–1.21 (44%)attempts 12–21goals 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 4.0 xGOTT 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1268 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 81% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

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

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