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Tue, Jan 21, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

Ottawa Senators 0, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 74% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT050708020
NYR11011039529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:48NYRAlexis LafrenièreGWGAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Adam Fox · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:50NYRArthur KaliyevAssists: Urho Vaakanainen, Braden Schneider · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:34NYRMatt RempeAssists: Adam Edstrom, Sam Carrick · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 9:01NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–4
  5. P3 9:57NYRWill CuyllePPAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, K'Andre Miller · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P2 5:50NYRWill Borgen: Interference2 min
  2. P2 13:08NYRFilip Chytil: Holding2 min
  3. P2 16:16OTTTim Stützle: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:09NYRIgor Shesterkin: Goalie leave crease2 min
  5. P3 7:09OTTBrady Tkachuk: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P3 7:09OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 7:09OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 7:09NYRMatt Rempe: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 7:09NYRMatt Rempe: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 7:09OTTShane Pinto: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 8:37OTTMichael Amadio: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  12. P3 16:26OTTNikolas Matinpalo: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYR
20Shots on goal29
1.3Expected goals2.5
53Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
14Penalty minutes10
23Hits19
13Blocked shots17
15Giveaways19
6Takeaways2

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. bestCousins – Pinto – Greig2:58

    xG 0.08–0.00 (98%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Batherson – Tkachuk – Pinto5:03

    xG 0.03–0.04 (43%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Gaudette – Stützle4:21

    xG 0.03–0.07 (34%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Amadio – Highmore – Ostapchuk4:29

    xG 0.00–0.17 (1%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chabot – Zub2:28

    xG 0.02–0.12 (13%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – Chabot15:57

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Kleven – Matinpalo11:54

    xG 0.13–0.30 (30%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestCarrick – Edstrom – Rempe6:58

    xG 0.33–0.11 (75%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière9:41

    xG 0.51–0.33 (61%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Smith – Zibanejad – Cuylle10:23

    xG 0.27–0.12 (70%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Chytil – Kaliyev7:20

    xG 0.03–0.12 (20%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren12:24

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  2. Borgen – Miller16:35

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Vaakanainen – Schneider13:15

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 11–21goals 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 2.5 xGOTT 1.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 · #1279 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 74% 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).