New York Rangers vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 31, 2018

FinalSaturday, Mar 31, 2018· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	2	0	2		NYR	11	5	4	20
CAR	0	0	1	1		CAR	13	12	16	41

: NYR 38CAR 84
: NYR 3.03CAR 4.32
PP goals: NYR 0CAR 0
Hits: NYR 23CAR 17
Blocks: NYR 20CAR 10
PIM: NYR 6CAR 2
: NYR 38%CAR 62%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Rangers edge Carolina Hurricanes 2–1

New York Rangers beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 at CAR. Jeff Skinner (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Vesey–Chytil skated 12:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Vesey–Chytil skated 12:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Vesey Chytil
Luck
CAR scored 1 goal on 4.32 expected goals (84 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 41 shots and stopped 40 (.976), +9 against a season average of 32.3; the win.Lundqvist
New line
New look for NYR: Spooner–Hayes–Buchnevich skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Spooner Hayes Buchnevich
Usage
Vladislav Namestnikov (NYR) played 10:41, −6:29 down on his 17:10 season average over 80 games.Namestnikov
New line
New look for NYR: Carey–Namestnikov–Andersson skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carey Namestnikov Andersson
Usage
Rob O'Gara (NYR) played 22:56, +7:41 up on his 15:15 season average over 29 games.O'Gara
Usage
Jeff Skinner (CAR) played 20:42, +4:02 up on his 16:40 season average over 81 games.Skinner

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NYR attacks left (bottom on phones)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · CAR 84 · NYR 38

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR pressure
NYR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 13% of the game, CAR 47%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CAR

NYR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYR	CAR
	36	79
	1.98	3.48
	1.94	3.40
	10	14
	6	2
	29	23
	−0.090	+0.090
	13%	47%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New York Rangers

L1Zuccarello – Vesey – Chytil
12:5132% CF
L2Spooner – Hayes – Buchnevich
11:5032% CF
L3Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad
10:5933% CF
L4Carey – Namestnikov – Andersson
7:3638% CF
D1O'Gara – Skjei
19:4727% CF
D2Staal – Pionk
16:2128% CF
D3Sproul – Gilmour
11:5642% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Spooner – Hayes – Skjei – Vesey
1:04100% CF
PP2Kreider – Zibanejad – Namestnikov – Buchnevich – Pionk
0:50100% CF
PK1FHayes – Fast
2:09
PK2FZuccarello – Zibanejad
0:46
PK1DStaal – Pionk
2:29
PK2DO'Gara – Skjei
1:31

Current NYR line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Williams – Staal – McGinn
10:2861% CF
L2Teravainen – Zykov – Aho
9:2473% CF
L3Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Lindholm
6:3583% CF
L4Stempniak – Nordstrom – Ryan
4:0386% CF
D1Faulk – Slavin
17:5263% CF
D2Dahlbeck – Fleury
14:0975% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Hanifin
13:0767% CF

PP1Williams – Skinner – van Riemsdyk – Hanifin – Ryan
2:10100% CF
PP2Staal – Faulk – Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho
1:3880% CF
PK1FStaal – Nordstrom
0:51
PK2FStempniak – Ryan
0:33
PK1DDahlbeck – Slavin
0:33
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fleury
0:31

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:01
NYRRyan Sproul (Paul Carey, Vladislav Namestnikov)wrist0.11 xG
NYR: Carey, Sproul, Namestnikov, Gilmour, AnderssonCAR: Teravainen, Zykov, van Riemsdyk, Hanifin, Aho
NYR 1 – 0 CAR
13:23
NYRKevin HayesSH (Jesper Fast)wrist0.16 xG
NYR: Staal, Hayes, Fast, PionkCAR: Staal, Faulk, Teravainen, Lindholm, Aho
NYR 2 – 0 CAR

3rd period

8:07
CARJeff Skinner (Derek Ryan, Klas Dahlbeck)wrist0.11 xG
NYR: Spooner, Hayes, Sproul, Gilmour, BuchnevichCAR: Skinner, Dahlbeck, Di Giuseppe, Fleury, Ryan
NYR 2 – 1 CAR

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	1.19	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	33	51
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	27	55
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	29	58
Kevin Hayes R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.24	0	0	2	17:40	—	—	30	28
Ryan Spooner C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	14:55	—	—	27	26
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	27	29
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	2	2	17:50	—	—	32	19
Jesper Fast R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:51	—	—	29	19
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	13:11	—	—	38	20
Lias Andersson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	11:13	—	—	35	35
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.45	1	0	0	10:41	—	—	33	31
Paul Carey C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:42	—	—	38	39
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	26:08	—	—	25	27
Rob O'Gara D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	4	0	22:56	—	—	26	27
Neal Pionk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	5	3	0	21:53	—	—	27	34
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	2	0	21:16	—	—	28	35
Ryan Sproul D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	2	0	13:12	—	—	41	39
John Gilmour D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	2	12:46	—	—	42	40

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	41	40	1	.976	4.32	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.84	0	1	0	16:55	—	—	62	67
Justin Williams R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.83	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	60	66
Brock McGinn L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	14:43	—	—	62	85
Sebastian Aho C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.39	3	0	0	21:35	—	—	75	56
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	2	0	0	19:48	—	—	76	48
Valentin Zykov L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:38	—	—	60	40
Jeff Skinner L	L3	1	0	1	+1	8	0.79	1	1	0	20:42	—	—	73	52
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	18:12	—	—	78	72
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.38	2	0	2	14:50	—	—	74	73
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:56	—	—	69	62
Lee Stempniak R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	1	0	8:30	—	—	64	53
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:30	—	—	67	68
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	1	1	0	23:48	—	—	62	72
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	23:02	—	—	64	71
Klas Dahlbeck D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	16:11	—	—	76	72
Haydn Fleury D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	15:51	—	—	74	79
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	18:42	—	—	72	46
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	68	51

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Ward(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	2.66	57:18

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.