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Tue, Mar 19, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

New York Rangers 3, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 67% of the time.

NJD winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR291904322
NJD21201207231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:49NYRMichael Del ZottoSHAssists: Derek Stepan · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:15NJDTravis ZajacPPAssists: Peter Harrold, Ilya Kovalchuk · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:50NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Dan Girardi, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:13NJDAnton VolchenkovAssists: Stephen Gionta · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:25NYRRick NashGWGAssists: Michael Del Zotto · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:06NYRRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:09NYRJ.T. Miller: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:21NJDRyan Carter: Interference2 min
  4. P2 3:00NJDTravis Zajac: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 5:11NYRAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 10:57NYRSteve Eminger: Tripping2 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 SOG0NJD
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNJD
22Shots on goal31
1.8Expected goals2.6
37Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
25Hits23
15Blocked shots6
8Giveaways5
8Takeaways11

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. bestCallahan – Hagelin – Stepan12:03

    xG 0.81–0.20 (81%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Gaborik – Nash13:20

    xG 0.52–0.35 (59%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. Pyatt – Boyle – Miller10:10

    xG 0.20–0.25 (45%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Halpern – Powe – Haley4:14

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Del Zotto11:15

    xG 0.68–0.42 (62%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh16:07

    xG 0.58–0.38 (61%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Hamrlik – Stralman9:43

    xG 0.41–0.25 (63%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Clarkson – Pesonen5:20

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Zajac – Carter7:58

    xG 0.22–0.15 (60%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Kovalchuk – Henrique7:01

    xG 0.42–0.38 (53%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Kostopoulos – Barch – Gionta3:58

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Harrold7:19

    xG 0.32–0.02 (94%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Volchenkov – Larsson4:25

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Larsson10:30

    xG 0.17–0.25 (39%)attempts 7–5goals 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.

NJD 2.6 xGNYR 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #316 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 67% of the time.

NJD winsNYR wins

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

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