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Wed, Oct 19, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Detroit Red Wings 2, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 82% of the time.

NYR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET071714218
NYR11401306133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:09NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Chris Kreider · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:15DETThomas VanekPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, Mike Green · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:59DETDrew MillerGWGAssists: Luke Glendening · Snap, 0.16 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 0:49NYRMats Zuccarello: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:29NYRAdam Clendening: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:55DETDylan Larkin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 12:01DETLuke Glendening: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:54DETBrendan Smith: Holding2 min
  6. P3 5:15DETAlexey Marchenko: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:24NYRChris Kreider: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 10:02NYRJ.T. Miller: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
44% to win56% to win
← DET attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYR
18Shots on goal33
1.6Expected goals3.6
44Shot attempts74
24Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
15Hits19
20Blocked shots14
6Giveaways11
14Takeaways18

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. bestZetterberg – Tatar – Larkin6:55

    xG 0.27–0.12 (69%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Helm – Nyquist5:39

    xG 0.15–0.08 (64%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Tatar3:43

    xG 0.14–0.17 (46%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Sheahan5:17

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser14:59

    xG 0.57–0.30 (66%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  2. Ericsson – Green3:24

    xG 0.06–0.18 (24%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Marchenko9:22

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Zuccarello – Vesey12:31

    xG 0.60–0.27 (69%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad2:32

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Grabner – Pirri – Jooris5:03

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Kreider – Zibanejad9:47

    xG 0.54–0.38 (59%)attempts 18–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestClendening – Skjei11:36

    xG 0.78–0.13 (85%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Holden12:57

    xG 0.81–0.45 (64%)attempts 21–11goals 1–1

  3. Klein – Staal14:26

    xG 0.60–0.46 (56%)attempts 15–13goals 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 3.6 xGDET 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #754 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 82% 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).