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Sun, Apr 21, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

New Jersey Devils 1, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0601219127
NYR2711015422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:34NYRRyan CallahanAssists: Carl Hagelin, Derek Stepan · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:00NYRDerek StepanGWGAssists: Ryane Clowe, Ryan McDonagh · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:56NYRTaylor PyattAssists: Brad Richards · Snap, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:13NYRRyan CallahanPPAssists: Brad Richards, Michael Del Zotto · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P3 13:30NJDAndrei LoktionovAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Peter Harrold · Snap, 0.08 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:44NYRDarroll Powe: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 3:44NJDRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 3:44NJDRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 7:36NYRCarl Hagelin: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 8:54NJDMatt D'Agostini: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P1 13:05NJDRyan Carter: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 14:42NJDMatt D'Agostini: Abuse of officials2 min
  8. P3 2:53NYRRyan Callahan: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 3:42NJDPatrik Elias: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  10. P3 15:20NJDIlya Kovalchuk: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 19:25NJD: Game misconduct head coach0 min
  12. P3 19:43NYRArron Asham: Misconduct10 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackNYR 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.

NJDNYR
27Shots on goal22
3.3Expected goals2.7
55Shot attempts41
32Faceoffs won29
2Power plays6
14Penalty minutes16
22Hits29
11Blocked shots14
2Giveaways10
5Takeaways12

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Clarkson – Zajac8:17

    xG 0.66–0.29 (70%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter9:55

    xG 0.31–0.10 (75%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – D'Agostini – Henrique4:26

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Zubrus – Kovalchuk – Loktionov6:36

    xG 0.49–0.45 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Harrold11:24

    xG 0.78–0.30 (72%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Tallinder – Zidlicky14:50

    xG 0.81–0.37 (68%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  3. Greene – Larsson14:13

    xG 0.48–0.69 (41%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestClowe – Nash – Brassard9:20

    xG 0.23–0.08 (73%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Pyatt – Zuccarello6:19

    xG 0.56–0.49 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Callahan – Hagelin – Stepan12:22

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Asham – Powe – Kreider7:04

    xG 0.00–0.50 (0%)attempts 0–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – McDonagh14:55

    xG 0.46–0.20 (70%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  2. Girardi – McDonagh2:04

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Eminger – Moore9:11

    xG 0.08–0.61 (12%)attempts 1–14goals 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.

NYR 2.7 xGNJD 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #606 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 60% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

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

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