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Wed, Nov 5, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

Detroit Red Wings 3, New York Rangers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 56% of the time.

NYR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET082711300328
NYR1101101515430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:36NYRRick NashPPAssists: Derick Brassard, Matt Hunwick · Deflected, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:39NYRMartin St. LouisAssists: Matt Hunwick, Michael Kostka · Snap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:02DETJakub KindlPPAssists: Riley Sheahan, Johan Franzen · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:15DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Drew Miller · Snap, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:10NYRLee StempniakAssists: Dominic Moore, Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:52DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Andrej Nestrasil, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:50NYRDerick BrassardPPGWGAssists: Dan Girardi, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.56 xG3–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 4:11NYRChris Kreider: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 5:23DETHenrik Zetterberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:56DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 10:58NYRDominic Moore: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 5:51NYRKevin Klein: Penalty shot covering puck in crease0 min
  6. P2 7:38DETJustin Abdelkader: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 7:38NYRCarl Hagelin: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 10:07NYRConor Allen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 19:36NYRMartin St. Louis: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 18:12DETJustin Abdelkader: Embellishment2 min
  11. P3 18:12NYRMartin St. Louis: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 19:29NYRMarc Staal: Holding2 min
  13. OT 0:46DETPavel Datsyuk: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Moore won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYR
28Shots on goal30
4.4Expected goals4.0
65Shot attempts50
28Faceoffs won29
5Power plays3
10Penalty minutes14
19Hits16
13Blocked shots17
12Giveaways8
4Takeaways7

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 – Miller – Glendening7:48

    xG 0.61–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  2. Helm – Nestrasil – Sheahan8:51

    xG 0.75–0.35 (68%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Abdelkader – Tatar10:57

    xG 0.63–0.54 (54%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist11:01

    xG 0.56–0.98 (37%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson14:09

    xG 1.32–0.24 (85%)attempts 20–3goals 0–0

  2. Smith – DeKeyser12:22

    xG 0.45–0.82 (35%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  3. Kindl – Lashoff12:15

    xG 0.24–0.80 (23%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Nash – Brassard9:53

    xG 0.88–0.31 (74%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  2. Moore – Stempniak – Hagelin9:59

    xG 0.46–0.20 (69%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Glass – Mueller – Duclair3:32

    xG 0.07–0.02 (78%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zuccarello – Hayes5:12

    xG 0.06–0.21 (22%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Staal7:45

    xG 0.84–0.25 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Girardi10:03

    xG 0.58–0.28 (67%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Kostka2:54

    xG 0.26–0.28 (47%)attempts 2–6goals 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.

NYR 4.0 xGDET 4.4 xG
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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 92/100 · #78 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.40 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 56% 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).