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Tue, Oct 22, 2024·Centre Bell, Montreal

New York Rangers 7, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 93% of the time.

MTL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR413113219745
MTL1111606223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:54NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:05NYRJonny BrodzinskiAssists: Adam Edstrom, Braden Schneider · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P1 6:40NYRReilly SmithGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P1 11:05NYRFilip ChytilPPAssists: Reilly Smith, Kaapo Kakko · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–0
  5. P1 12:52MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Josh Anderson, David Savard · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P2 5:35MTLNick SuzukiPPAssists: Mike Matheson, Kirby Dach · Backhand, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P2 8:57NYRBraden SchneiderAssists: Filip Chytil, Kaapo Kakko · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–2
  8. P3 15:41NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Will Cuylle, Sam Carrick · Snap, 0.24 xG6–2
  9. P3 16:19NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Will Cuylle, Victor Mancini · Snap, 0.03 xG7–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 9:28MTLJosh Anderson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:09MTLJake Evans: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:09NYRKaapo Kakko: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:02NYRAdam Fox: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:00MTLMike Matheson: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:53NYRK'Andre Miller: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:55MTLBrendan Gallagher: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 5:55NYRChris Kreider: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 7:11MTLMike Matheson: Instigator2 min
  10. P3 7:11NYRJacob Trouba: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 7:11MTLMike Matheson: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 7:11MTLMike Matheson: Instigator misconduct10 min
  13. P3 13:21NYRWill Cuylle: Slashing2 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 SOG0MTL
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Evans won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRMTL
45Shots on goal23
6.4Expected goals2.3
81Shot attempts50
24Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
15Penalty minutes25
18Hits21
15Blocked shots16
16Giveaways23
6Takeaways4

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. bestChytil – Kakko – Cuylle9:55

    xG 1.11–0.31 (78%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière12:00

    xG 0.97–0.43 (69%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  3. Carrick – Brodzinski – Edstrom8:50

    xG 0.60–0.27 (69%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  4. Kreider – Smith – Zibanejad7:59

    xG 0.30–0.70 (30%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Schneider12:33

    xG 1.48–0.19 (89%)attempts 20–11goals 4–0

  2. Fox – Miller14:36

    xG 1.79–0.90 (67%)attempts 21–13goals 0–0

  3. Lindgren – Mancini14:48

    xG 0.81–0.62 (57%)attempts 17–16goals 1–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. Armia – Newhook – Kapanen7:15

    xG 0.25–0.21 (55%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Pezzetta – Heineman5:49

    xG 0.17–0.27 (38%)attempts 10–5goals 0–3

  3. Suzuki – Dach – Caufield8:17

    xG 0.23–0.52 (30%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Gallagher – Anderson – Evans12:11

    xG 0.74–1.48 (33%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Barron11:22

    xG 0.54–0.47 (53%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Hutson5:13

    xG 0.27–0.33 (44%)attempts 6–8goals 0–2

  3. Struble – Mailloux4:44

    xG 0.25–0.92 (21%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

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.

MTL 2.3 xGNYR 6.4 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #486 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 93% of the time.

MTL winsNYR wins

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

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