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Sun, Mar 9, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

Detroit Red Wings 0, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

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

NYR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01107012030
NYR11209210331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:14NYRBrian BoyleGWGAssists: John Moore, Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:14NYRChris KreiderAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Derek Stepan · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:11NYRChris KreiderAssists: Derek Stepan, Ryan McDonagh · Snap, 0.04 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:59NYRRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:23DETJohan Franzen: Interference2 min
  3. P2 0:28NYRChris Kreider: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:16DETKyle Quincey: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 11:08NYRDaniel Carcillo: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:34DETJimmy Howard: 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.

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 Legwand
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYR
30Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals2.8
43Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won21
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits21
17Blocked shots9
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways8

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. bestTatar – Sheahan – Jurco10:12

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Abdelkader – Glendening8:32

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Miller – Andersson7:43

    xG 0.21–0.24 (46%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Franzen – Nyquist11:56

    xG 0.18–0.43 (30%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser14:14

    xG 0.64–0.31 (67%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson12:52

    xG 0.79–0.56 (59%)attempts 13–15goals 0–2

  3. Quincey – Smith2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello11:52

    xG 0.45–0.18 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Stepan – Kreider10:38

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 14–11goals 2–0

  3. Moore – Boyle – Carcillo7:53

    xG 0.22–0.41 (35%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  4. St. Louis – Richards – Hagelin11:05

    xG 0.51–0.78 (40%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh14:51

    xG 0.61–0.50 (55%)attempts 16–14goals 2–0

  2. Klein – Moore12:36

    xG 0.50–0.51 (50%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Stralman14:57

    xG 0.58–0.85 (41%)attempts 15–11goals 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 2.8 xGDET 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 4/100 · #1118 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

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).