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Fri, Nov 9, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR0112120502230
DET0601221013331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:53NYRKevin ShattenkirkPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:33NYRNeal PionkPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:46DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Gustav Nyquist · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:58DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Frans Nielsen, Niklas Kronwall · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:54DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Mike Green · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:25DETMike Green: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:01DETDarren Helm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 13:31NYRBrady Skjei: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:48DETJacob de la Rose: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P3 18:11NYRPavel Buchnevich: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDET
30Shots on goal31
3.9Expected goals2.8
49Shot attempts62
25Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
27Hits23
15Blocked shots4
9Giveaways24
4Takeaways9

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. bestZibanejad – Namestnikov – Buchnevich11:32

    xG 0.73–0.31 (70%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  2. Lettieri – Andersson – Chytil5:47

    xG 0.35–0.19 (66%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Spooner – Hayes11:53

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Fast – Vesey – Howden13:12

    xG 0.66–1.00 (40%)attempts 7–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – DeAngelo15:25

    xG 0.79–0.52 (60%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Pionk15:38

    xG 0.65–0.42 (60%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

  3. Shattenkirk – Smith12:21

    xG 0.66–0.61 (52%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAbdelkader – Glendening – Bertuzzi10:18

    xG 0.67–0.37 (64%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Mantha – Larkin12:10

    xG 0.37–0.16 (69%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Frk – Athanasiou2:17

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – de la Rose – Rasmussen6:41

    xG 0.08–0.20 (29%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Cholowski10:35

    xG 1.08–0.56 (66%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. DeKeyser – Cholowski5:07

    xG 0.13–0.14 (49%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Green – Cholowski2:11

    xG 0.04–0.11 (26%)attempts 3–2goals 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 2.8 xGNYR 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #243 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 68% 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).