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Tue, Jan 28, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

Carolina Hurricanes 4, New York Rangers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 57% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1811028426
NYR0100903022

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:56CARAndrei SvechnikovGWGAssists: Taylor Hall, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:29CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Jackson Blake · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:04CARSebastian AhoAssists: Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P3 2:30CARSeth JarvisAssists: Jordan Martinook · Snap, 0.24 xG4–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:02CARRiley Stillman: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:02NYRSam Carrick: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:58CARJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 15:11NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 9:42CARSeth Jarvis: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:19NYRRyan Lindgren: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 8:09CARSebastian Aho: Hooking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYR
26Shots on goal22
2.4Expected goals2.7
47Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
11Hits21
15Blocked shots7
18Giveaways15
5Takeaways3

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Robinson – Jaaska4:03

    xG 0.26–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Rantanen – Aho – Blake13:36

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis10:32

    xG 0.47–0.44 (51%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Hall – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov9:02

    xG 0.17–0.39 (31%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Walker10:24

    xG 0.48–0.18 (73%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Orlov – Chatfield12:02

    xG 0.61–0.48 (56%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Chatfield – Stillman2:03

    xG 0.13–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Kreider – Chytil – Kaliyev7:37

    xG 0.18–0.17 (51%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Zibanejad – Cuylle9:44

    xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Edstrom – Rempe7:59

    xG 0.19–0.30 (38%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière8:19

    xG 0.40–0.63 (39%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVaakanainen – Schneider13:29

    xG 0.71–0.27 (73%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren13:55

    xG 0.64–0.61 (51%)attempts 14–9goals 0–2

  3. Borgen – Miller17:06

    xG 0.29–0.91 (24%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

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 2.7 xGCAR 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1186 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 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 57% of the time.

NYR winsCAR wins

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

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