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Sun, Oct 18, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

New Jersey Devils 2, New York Rangers 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 65% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD061110512224
NYR19080802127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:12NYRDerek StepanAssists: Oscar Lindberg · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:52NJDAdam HenriqueAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:07NJDLee StempniakGWGAssists: Adam Henrique, Andy Greene · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 19:13NYRKevin Klein: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 19:13NJDKyle Palmieri: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 16:25NYRViktor Stalberg: Interference2 min
  4. P2 19:54NYRJarret Stoll: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 0:19NYRKevin Klein: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 10:58NJDJordin Tootoo: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 13:38NJDLee Stempniak: Interference2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYR
24Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals2.9
42Shot attempts58
20Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
30Hits28
18Blocked shots6
10Giveaways17
4Takeaways9

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique8:59

    xG 0.66–0.30 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  2. Cammalleri – Henrique – Palmieri2:40

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Matteau – Kalinin5:09

    xG 0.03–0.13 (16%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Zajac – Tlusty – Palmieri9:30

    xG 0.39–0.61 (39%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Moore2:07

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Larsson2:01

    xG 0.03–0.06 (29%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Gelinas13:22

    xG 0.41–0.47 (47%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Kreider – Fast10:27

    xG 0.69–0.43 (61%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Moore – Stalberg8:27

    xG 0.26–0.03 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Stepan – Zuccarello11:24

    xG 0.27–0.32 (45%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Lindberg – Hayes – Miller7:04

    xG 0.21–0.65 (25%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Girardi11:29

    xG 0.78–0.25 (76%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Yandle3:52

    xG 0.19–0.05 (79%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Staal2:45

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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 2.9 xGNJD 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #626 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 65% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

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

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