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Sun, Jan 26, 2014·Yankee Stadium, BronxOutdoor game

New York Rangers 7, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 52% of the time.

NJD winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR21041115726
NJD3100705322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:36NJDPatrik EliasAssists: Ryane Clowe · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:07NYRDominic MooreAssists: Anton Stralman, Brian Boyle · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:00NJDPatrik EliasPPAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Marek Zidlicky · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:07NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Mark Fayne · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P1 16:59NYRMarc StaalAssists: Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P2 2:48NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: John Moore, Derick Brassard · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:44NYRMats ZuccarelloGWGAssists: Derick Brassard, Benoit Pouliot · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P2 13:53NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Ryan Callahan, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.01 xG5–3
  9. P2 19:31NYRRick NashAssists: Derek Stepan, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.18 xG6–3
  10. P3 10:06NYRDerek StepanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG7–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:01NYRBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 2:20NJDPatrik Elias: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 10:38NYRDerick Brassard: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:11NJDMark Fayne: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:14NJDMarek Zidlicky: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 10:06NJDTravis Zajac: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNJD
26Shots on goal22
2.0Expected goals2.0
44Shot attempts45
37Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
16Hits21
12Blocked shots11
4Giveaways6
5Takeaways6

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. bestPouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello13:21

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  2. Nash – Stepan – Kreider12:19

    xG 0.52–0.50 (51%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Callahan – Hagelin12:40

    xG 0.28–0.35 (44%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  4. Moore – Boyle – Carcillo6:47

    xG 0.21–0.30 (41%)attempts 6–5goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stralman18:03

    xG 0.67–0.21 (77%)attempts 15–9goals 4–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh15:13

    xG 0.48–0.53 (47%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  3. Klein – Moore16:35

    xG 0.45–0.69 (40%)attempts 8–15goals 2–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Zajac – Josefson11:58

    xG 0.88–0.28 (76%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter10:28

    xG 0.18–0.17 (52%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Elias – Zubrus – Brunner10:39

    xG 0.19–0.42 (31%)attempts 10–8goals 0–2

  4. Ryder – Clowe – Henrique14:49

    xG 0.19–0.72 (21%)attempts 6–15goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene13:10

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  2. Salvador – Volchenkov7:12

    xG 0.16–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Gelinas7:50

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 4–5goals 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 2.0 xGNYR 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 84/100 · #159 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (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 York Rangers win this game 52% of the time.

NJD winsNYR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).