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Fri, Mar 28, 2025·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Rangers 4, Anaheim Ducks 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR291131800430
ANA1160113511533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:20NYRAdam FoxAssists: Artemi Panarin, K'Andre Miller · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:55ANAAlex KillornSHAssists: Leo Carlsson · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:48NYRJ.T. MillerAssists: Will Cuylle, Alexis Lafrenière · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:14NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:22ANALeo CarlssonAssists: Olen Zellweger, Trevor Zegras · Snap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:35NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 14:12ANACutter GauthierAssists: Leo Carlsson, Jackson LaCombe · Backhand, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:15ANAOlen ZellwegerAssists: Pavel Mintyukov, Leo Carlsson · Snap, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:59ANAMason McTavishGWGAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Cutter Gauthier · Tip-in, 0.15 xG4–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:54NYRWill Borgen: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:21ANAFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:48NYRCarson Soucy: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 12:10ANATrevor Zegras: Interference2 min
  5. P2 13:54NYRUrho Vaakanainen: Holding2 min
  6. P2 15:12NYRJ.T. Miller: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 4:05ANARyan Strome: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 4:56ANATroy Terry: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 5:20ANATrevor Zegras: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 11:58ANAOlen Zellweger: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 16:06ANARadko Gudas: Interference2 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 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRANA
30Shots on goal33
3.8Expected goals3.5
64Shot attempts59
38Faceoffs won25
7Power plays4
8Penalty minutes14
22Hits18
10Blocked shots13
17Giveaways21
2Takeaways3

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. bestTrocheck – Panarin – Othmann8:23

    xG 0.96–0.16 (86%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Carrick – Aube-Kubel – Berard7:16

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Brodzinski8:15

    xG 0.22–0.31 (41%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Lafrenière – Cuylle10:33

    xG 0.44–0.61 (42%)attempts 8–10goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Fox14:11

    xG 0.96–0.28 (77%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  2. Vaakanainen – Schneider11:46

    xG 0.09–0.29 (24%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Borgen – Miller12:52

    xG 0.61–0.91 (40%)attempts 9–19goals 2–3

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestZegras – Colangelo – McTavish7:11

    xG 0.30–0.14 (69%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Gauthier – Carlsson9:37

    xG 0.56–0.57 (50%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  3. Harkins – Lundeström – Nesterenko7:20

    xG 0.26–0.30 (46%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Strome – Vatrano – Terry7:56

    xG 0.17–0.53 (24%)attempts 4–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHelleson – Mintyukov11:57

    xG 0.39–0.11 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – LaCombe11:34

    xG 0.62–0.52 (54%)attempts 12–9goals 1–2

  3. Trouba – Zellweger12:20

    xG 0.29–0.75 (28%)attempts 10–15goals 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.

ANA 3.5 xGNYR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #43 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.52 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 54% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

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

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