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Mon, Feb 7, 2011·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

New York Rangers 2, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 72% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR013016218247
DET0912125335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:52DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Jiri Hudler, Daniel Cleary · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:09NYRDerek StepanAssists: Matt Gilroy, Wojtek Wolski · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:04DETJiri HudlerAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Pavel Datsyuk · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:37DETDrew MillerGWGAssists: Justin Abdelkader · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:55NYRBrandon DubinskyAssists: Sean Avery, Marian Gaborik · Snap, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:27NYRMichael Sauer: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:16DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:49NYRBrandon Prust: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P3 6:30DETJakub Kindl: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 16:20DETJonathan Ericsson: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 17:36DETJustin Abdelkader: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0DET
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyle won the faceoff against Abdelkader
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDET
47Shots on goal35
3.5Expected goals2.2
70Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won32
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
27Hits25
14Blocked shots11
8Giveaways10
1Takeaways7

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. bestProspal – Gaborik – Christensen5:07

    xG 1.00–0.29 (78%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Wolski – Stepan – Zuccarello6:57

    xG 0.57–0.02 (97%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Prospal – Gaborik – Dubinsky3:19

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  4. Callahan – Anisimov – Zuccarello3:51

    xG 0.08–0.02 (77%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Girardi15:40

    xG 1.76–0.56 (76%)attempts 20–23goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Gilroy12:55

    xG 0.75–0.44 (63%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  3. Sauer – McDonagh16:04

    xG 0.52–1.03 (34%)attempts 18–15goals 1–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Cleary – Datsyuk – Hudler11:20

    xG 0.87–0.88 (50%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  2. Filppula – Eaves – Abdelkader8:09

    xG 0.12–0.30 (28%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Draper – Miller – Helm8:44

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  4. Eaves – Abdelkader – Helm2:28

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Kronwall13:37

    xG 1.06–0.59 (64%)attempts 19–18goals 1–0

  2. Salei – Kronwall3:10

    xG 0.38–0.06 (86%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Salei – Ericsson2:28

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

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.

DET 2.2 xGNYR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #617 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 72% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).