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Sat, Apr 9, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Detroit Red Wings 2, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0811619233
NYR170726320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:24NYRDan BoyleAssists: Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:42DETRiley SheahanPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Mike Green · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:22NYRKevin HayesAssists: Dylan McIlrath, Oscar Lindberg · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:24NYROscar LindbergENGWGAssists: Jesper Fast, Kevin Klein · Wrist, 0.69 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:26DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Brad Richards, Henrik Zetterberg · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:06NYRMarc Staal: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:26DETHenrik Zetterberg: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:54NYRRick Nash: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:25DETKyle Quincey: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 18:47NYRDan Boyle: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 19:40NYRMarc Staal: Tripping2 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 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYR
33Shots on goal20
3.2Expected goals2.2
59Shot attempts40
31Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
13Hits23
7Blocked shots14
11Giveaways14
5Takeaways4

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. bestRichards – Datsyuk – Helm9:04

    xG 0.40–0.05 (89%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin5:36

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan7:41

    xG 0.30–0.06 (83%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Larkin3:39

    xG 0.15–0.02 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Green2:59

    xG 0.44–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Marchenko11:14

    xG 0.53–0.17 (75%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – DeKeyser3:34

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Staal – Hayes – Fast6:58

    xG 0.24–0.21 (54%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Lindberg – Hayes – Fast3:28

    xG 0.04–0.01 (76%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Lindberg – Miller8:36

    xG 0.31–0.44 (42%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Stepan – Kreider8:01

    xG 0.24–0.63 (27%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – McIlrath13:45

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Staal2:12

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Yandle8:58

    xG 0.52–0.55 (48%)attempts 10–9goals 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 2.2 xGDET 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 37/100 · #791 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 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).