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Thu, Jan 16, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

Detroit Red Wings 0, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

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

NYR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET015010013038
NYR018017113148

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 14:02NYRMats ZuccarelloGWGAssists: Derick Brassard, Benoit Pouliot · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:48NYRDerek Stepan: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:11NYRChris Kreider: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:21DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:43DETDanny DeKeyser: Hooking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYR
38Shots on goal48
2.4Expected goals3.5
58Shot attempts71
35Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
25Hits18
15Blocked shots9
5Giveaways16
2Takeaways7

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCleary – Eaves – Glendening8:30

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Samuelsson – Miller – Emmerton8:23

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist14:44

    xG 0.47–0.84 (36%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Sheahan – Jurco9:21

    xG 0.22–1.12 (16%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Kronwall – Smith16:02

    xG 0.67–0.64 (51%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Smith2:47

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser14:38

    xG 0.66–0.83 (44%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Callahan – Hagelin12:39

    xG 0.83–0.47 (64%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello10:54

    xG 0.74–0.40 (65%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Nash – Stepan – Kreider14:37

    xG 0.47–0.35 (57%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Boyle – Carcillo5:38

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh19:40

    xG 1.35–0.58 (70%)attempts 29–19goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Stralman15:27

    xG 0.83–0.34 (71%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Del Zotto – Moore12:41

    xG 0.44–0.73 (38%)attempts 16–12goals 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 xGDET 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1191 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 67% of the time.

NYR winsDET wins

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

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