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Sat, Apr 27, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

New Jersey Devils 0, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 79% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD080507020
NYR291715421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:37NYRDerek StepanGWGAssists: Ryan Callahan, John Moore · Slap, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:01NYRRyan CallahanSHAssists: Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:23NYRRick NashAssists: Brad Richards · Snap, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:30NYRRick NashAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:36NYRCarl Hagelin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:19NJDRyan Carter: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:43NYRTaylor Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:52NYRDarroll Powe: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:56NJDAdam Henrique: Holding2 min
  6. P2 8:30NJDTravis Zajac: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 11:44NYRRyan McDonagh: Interference2 min
  8. P3 6:29NJDDainius Zubrus: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 6:35NJDAndy Greene: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 12:56NJDPeter Harrold: Roughing2 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 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Josefson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYR
20Shots on goal21
1.8Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts37
26Faceoffs won21
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
21Hits30
6Blocked shots21
3Giveaways6
5Takeaways7

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. Elias – Clarkson – Zajac9:54

    xG 0.17–0.38 (31%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter10:06

    xG 0.21–0.46 (31%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Sullivan – Kovalchuk – Henrique7:27

    xG 0.22–0.49 (30%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Zubrus – Ponikarovsky – Josefson11:00

    xG 0.40–0.77 (34%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Harrold9:47

    xG 0.23–0.10 (70%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Tallinder – Zidlicky3:36

    xG 0.10–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson2:49

    xG 0.16–0.28 (36%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Nash – Zuccarello8:09

    xG 1.04–0.12 (89%)attempts 12–4goals 2–0

  2. Callahan – Hagelin – Stepan9:32

    xG 0.56–0.04 (93%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Asham – Newbury – Powe7:25

    xG 0.38–0.41 (48%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Brassard – Kreider12:02

    xG 0.09–0.41 (18%)attempts 2–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Moore12:34

    xG 0.95–0.26 (79%)attempts 7–10goals 2–0

  2. Stralman – McDonagh12:03

    xG 0.73–0.41 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Girardi – Del Zotto13:17

    xG 0.42–0.32 (56%)attempts 8–13goals 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 3.5 xGNJD 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #686 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 79% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

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

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