Rangers By The Numbers Game Preview: Rangers @ Lightning
A purely statistical take on the upcoming game. It's Thanksgiving Eve, y'all. The feeding has already begun. Gobble gobble. I'm on vacation.
| Time | Wednesday, 7:30 EST | TV | MSG-2 |
| Season Series | 0-1 | Last Meeting | Bolts 5-1, 11/17/14 |
| The Enemy | Raw Charge | Scoring Leaders | R. Nash 14-7-21 |
Rangers | CATEGORY | Lightning |
| 9-7-4 | SEASON RECORD | 14-6-2 |
| 22 | Points | 30 |
| 3rd Metro | Division Position | 2nd Atlantic |
| Won 2 | Streak | Won 1 |
| 2.80 (12th) | Goals For Per 60 (GF60) | 3.46 (1st) |
| 2.70 (17th) | Goals Against Per 60 (GA60) | 2.64 (16th) |
| 15.5 (22nd) | Power Play % | 23.0 (6th) |
| 81.2 (16th) | Penalty Kill % | 81.1 (17th) |
| 47.8 (27th) | Faceoff Win % | 49.4 (17th) |
| 10.9 (20th) | PIM / GP | 9.6 (10th) |
| 31.0 (8th) | Shots For / GP | 29.7 (18th) |
| 30.0 (16th) | Shots Against / GP | 28.2 (8th) |
Rangers | Analytics | Lightning |
| 49.8 (17th) | Score Adjusted Corsi | 53.3 (8th) |
| 50.2 (18th) | Raw 5v5 Corsi | 52.6 (6th) |
| 2.70 (6th) | 5v5 Goals For / 60 | 2.91 (1st) |
| 2.32 (17th) | 5v5 Goals Against / 60 | 2.16 (13th) |
| +6 (7th) | 5v5 Goal +/- | +13 (3rd) |
| 50.45 (17th) | 5v5 OZS % | 54.80 (4th) |
| 9.05 (4th) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.52 (2nd) |
| 91.99 (17th) | 5v5 Save % | 91.45 (20th) |
| 50.7 (15th) | 5v5 Shots For % | 54.8 (3rd) |
| M. Zuccarello 4.85% D. Moore 3.84% | 5v5 Corsi Rel Leaders (min 100 min) | N. Kucherov +9.23% O. Palat +8.48% |
| D. Girardi -5.98% T. Glass -4.27% | 5v5 Corsi Rel Anchors (min 100 min) | B. Boyle -10.02% J. Brown -8.09% |
| R. Nash 3.65 M. St. Louis 2.63 | 5v5 Points / 60 Leaders (min 100 min) | N. Kucherov 3.51 T. Johnson 3.31 |
Expected Lines
Rangers:
Forwards: Rick Nash-Derick Brassard-Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider-Derek Stepan-Martin St. Louis
Carl Hagelin-Kevin Hayes-Anthony Duclair
Tanner Glass-Dominic Moore-Jesper Fast
Defensemen:
John Moore-Dan Girardi
Marc Staal-Dan Boyle
Matt Hunwick-Kevin Klein
Goalie: Henrik Lundqvist
Healthy scratch: Lee Stempniak
Injured: Ryan McDonagh
Lightning
Forwards:
Alex Killorn-Steven Stamkos-Ryan Callahan
Ondrej Palat-Tyler Johnson-Nikita Kucherov
Vladislav Namestnikov-Valtteri Filppula-Brett Connolly
Brenden Morrow-Brian Boyle-Cedric Paquette
Defensemen:
Anton Stralman-Matt Carle
Jason Garrison-Andrej Sustr
Radko Gudas-Mark Barberio
Goalie: Ben Bishop
Healthy scratches: J.T. Brown, Jonathan Drouin, Eric Brewer
Injured: Victory Hedman
Hextally 5v5 Shooting Rates By Zone (Relative To League):
Credit: War-On-Ice.com
5v5 Usage:
Rangers Forwards
Rangers Defense
Lightning Forwards
Lightning Defense
Credit: War-On-Ice.com
Goalies:
Adjusted Save Percentage and Low/Medium/High Probability Shot Zones explained HERE.
Credit: War-On-Ice.com
Your Tanner Glass Moment of Zen:
The top line of Tanner Glass' résumé says he's the first to holler and pat teammates on the back when they score: pic.twitter.com/19g0NQ5SOa
— Tanner Glass Facts (@T_Glass_Facts) November 26, 2014
Stats compiled from: nhl.com, puckon.net, war-on-ice.com, and stats.hockeyanalysis.com
