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Sun, Feb 25, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

Detroit Red Wings 3, New York Rangers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 79% of the time.

NYR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET11111201011334
NYR0131611900238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:53DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Nick Jensen, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:31DETDarren HelmUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:51NYRJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Ryan Spooner, Tony DeAngelo · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:16NYRJesper FastAssists: Kevin Hayes, Ryan Spooner · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:54DETTrevor DaleyGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen, Tomas Tatar · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:05NYRDavid Desharnais: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:05DETDylan Larkin: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 5:55DETDavid Booth: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:32NYRJesper Fast: Charging2 min
  5. P2 15:15NYRJohn Gilmour: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYR
34Shots on goal38
2.6Expected goals4.5
61Shot attempts75
32Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
16Hits17
17Blocked shots15
13Giveaways14
13Takeaways4

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 – Nyquist – Mantha11:41

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Athanasiou – Larkin8:42

    xG 0.52–0.73 (42%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  3. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm9:45

    xG 0.25–0.59 (29%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  4. Booth – Glendening – Bertuzzi7:32

    xG 0.35–1.12 (24%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ouellet11:46

    xG 0.46–0.36 (57%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – DeKeyser2:14

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – DeKeyser16:09

    xG 0.44–1.10 (28%)attempts 15–21goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich10:31

    xG 1.29–0.26 (83%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Miller – Vesey12:27

    xG 0.34–0.22 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Spooner – Hayes – Fast10:31

    xG 0.58–0.53 (53%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  4. Desharnais – Carey – Lettieri5:56

    xG 0.07–0.30 (19%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Gilmour16:19

    xG 1.62–0.51 (76%)attempts 31–10goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Pionk14:14

    xG 1.01–0.73 (58%)attempts 17–20goals 1–0

  3. O'Gara – DeAngelo15:55

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

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 4.5 xGDET 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 73/100 · #367 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 79% 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).