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Sat, Dec 6, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

New York Rangers 2, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR21201007229
DET01021519334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:31NYRKevin KleinAssists: Kevin Hayes, Carl Hagelin · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:48NYRRick NashAssists: Derick Brassard · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:14DETRiley SheahanAssists: Stephen Weiss, Johan Franzen · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:15DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Joakim Andersson, Drew Miller · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:40DETDarren HelmGWGAssists: Tomas Tatar, Danny DeKeyser · Snap, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:53NYRCarl Hagelin: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 9:45DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:35NYRMats Zuccarello: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:58DETGustav Nyquist: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 19:07DETBrendan Smith: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 9:13DETJohan Franzen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 10:26DETKyle Quincey: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 12:37DETJonathan Ericsson: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDET
29Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won33
7Power plays3
6Penalty minutes14
19Hits19
12Blocked shots11
5Giveaways4
4Takeaways4

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. Moore – Fast – Miller8:08

    xG 0.15–0.24 (38%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello8:52

    xG 0.45–0.65 (41%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

  3. St. Louis – Stepan – Kreider10:18

    xG 0.33–0.55 (37%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

  4. Stempniak – Hagelin – Hayes8:19

    xG 0.43–0.90 (32%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Staal3:21

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh11:41

    xG 0.36–0.34 (51%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Staal10:42

    xG 0.20–0.42 (32%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Andersson – Glendening5:10

    xG 0.86–0.09 (90%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Datsyuk – Helm – Tatar8:54

    xG 0.79–0.22 (78%)attempts 18–4goals 1–0

  3. Weiss – Franzen – Sheahan4:10

    xG 0.35–0.02 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  4. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist5:12

    xG 0.18–0.18 (50%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser10:14

    xG 0.62–0.31 (67%)attempts 13–7goals 2–1

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson13:47

    xG 0.61–0.52 (54%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – Smith8:43

    xG 0.22–0.31 (41%)attempts 8–7goals 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 2.6 xGNYR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #383 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 51% 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).