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Sun, Feb 21, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Detroit Red Wings 0, New York Rangers 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET010070302022
NYR012090712130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 1:59NYRKevin KleinGWGAssists: Kevin Hayes, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:11DETXavier Ouellet: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:48NYRKeith Yandle: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:31NYRDerick Brassard: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:34DETKyle Quincey: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:37DETKyle Quincey: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:49NYRTanner Glass: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:27DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  8. P3 8:02DETLuke Glendening: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 8:02NYRKeith Yandle: Interference2 min
  10. P3 10:10NYRDan Girardi: Elbowing2 min
  11. P3 14:35DETMike Green: Penalty shot tripping 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYR
22Shots on goal30
2.2Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits15
12Blocked shots18
7Giveaways12
7Takeaways14

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. bestSheahan – Pulkkinen – Athanasiou3:01

    xG 0.59–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Larkin5:44

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Sheahan – Glendening3:33

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Datsyuk – Zetterberg2:29

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – DeKeyser2:04

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Green – Smith5:58

    xG 0.24–0.15 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Marchenko3:01

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Stalberg – Lindberg2:21

    xG 0.62–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Fast – Miller9:45

    xG 0.64–0.29 (69%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello10:22

    xG 0.49–0.15 (76%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Zuccarello – Miller2:15

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Staal15:05

    xG 0.52–0.31 (62%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – McIlrath8:07

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Girardi10:00

    xG 0.38–0.56 (40%)attempts 11–12goals 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 3.4 xGDET 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 38/100 · #784 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 69% 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).