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Sun, Jan 22, 2017·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR030100511119
DET07070700021

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 1:56NYRJ.T. MillerGWGAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:05DETMike Green: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:14NYROscar Lindberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 0:45NYRKevin Klein: Holding2 min
  4. P2 2:53DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:37NYRPavel Buchnevich: Interference2 min
  6. P2 10:12DETMike Green: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 3:23DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Sheahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDET
19Shots on goal21
1.5Expected goals1.9
41Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won37
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits17
17Blocked shots11
10Giveaways10
3Takeaways8

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. bestStepan – Kreider – Zuccarello10:27

    xG 0.43–0.14 (76%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Grabner – Miller – Vesey3:51

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Zibanejad – Buchnevich11:17

    xG 0.15–0.12 (54%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Grabner – Hayes – Miller4:57

    xG 0.01–0.11 (8%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Klein – Holden16:04

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Clendening – Skjei12:08

    xG 0.14–0.33 (29%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – McDonagh16:09

    xG 0.15–0.49 (24%)attempts 5–19goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAbdelkader – Helm – Glendening3:12

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Vanek – Athanasiou4:16

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha9:48

    xG 0.38–0.24 (62%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Athanasiou3:35

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Ouellet14:49

    xG 0.41–0.21 (67%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Green – DeKeyser13:50

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Jensen11:38

    xG 0.46–0.30 (60%)attempts 12–8goals 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.

DET 1.9 xGNYR 1.5 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 11/100 · #1080 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 60% 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).