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Sat, Oct 26, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

New York Rangers 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 58% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR0131161813340
DET1161801000234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:12DETDrew MillerAssists: Joakim Andersson, Danny DeKeyser · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:20NYRBenoit PouliotPPAssists: Brian Boyle, Ryan McDonagh · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:49DETDaniel AlfredssonPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Slap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:18NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Dominic Moore, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.40 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:47NYRDerick BrassardGWGAssists: Benoit Pouliot · Snap, 0.20 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:08NYRBenoit Pouliot: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 6:38NYRTaylor Pyatt: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 9:27DETBrendan Smith: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 16:53DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:32NYRTaylor Pyatt: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:24DETKyle Quincey: Holding2 min
  7. P3 7:12NYRJ.T. Miller: Interference2 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyle won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDET
40Shots on goal34
3.5Expected goals3.0
54Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
22Hits23
7Blocked shots5
1Giveaways10
7Takeaways7

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. bestMoore – Zuccarello – Fast6:21

    xG 0.69–0.11 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 1–1

  2. Pouliot – Brassard – Miller8:03

    xG 0.51–0.29 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Stepan – Kreider12:12

    xG 0.45–0.28 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Boyle – Dorsett10:44

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stralman13:39

    xG 1.14–0.47 (71%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  2. Girardi – McDonagh16:41

    xG 0.63–0.32 (66%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Moore11:44

    xG 0.26–0.69 (27%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Datsyuk – Zetterberg4:30

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Franzen – Abdelkader – Tatar3:36

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

  3. Cleary – Weiss – Miller3:20

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Franzen – Tatar7:15

    xG 0.20–0.30 (40%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Quincey – DeKeyser14:21

    xG 0.38–0.42 (47%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Smith14:44

    xG 0.32–0.57 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – Lashoff13:37

    xG 0.13–1.08 (11%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGNYR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 60/100 · #452 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 58% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

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

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