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Sat, Mar 9, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

New Jersey Devils 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 93% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD21202010224
NYR010114317441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:26NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Kenny Agostino, Michael McLeod · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:49NJDBlake ColemanPPAssists: Will Butcher, Travis Zajac · Tip-in, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:22NYRRyan StromeAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Vladislav Namestnikov · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:29NYRLibor HajekAssists: Chris Kreider, Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:25NYRVladislav NamestnikovGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Brady Skjei · Slap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:50NYRRyan StromeENAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.69 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:54NYRRyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:35NJDBlake Coleman: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:16NJDMichael McLeod: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 17:32NYRPavel Buchnevich: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 17:32NJDEgor Yakovlev: Embellishment2 min
  6. P1 19:08NYRLibor Hajek: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 7:33NJDDrew Stafford: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 14:40NJDBlake Pietila: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 14:48NJDBlake Coleman: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYR
24Shots on goal41
1.6Expected goals4.9
39Shot attempts72
28Faceoffs won29
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
39Hits26
12Blocked shots9
11Giveaways15
5Takeaways13

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Lappin – Anderson – McLeod2:36

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Tangradi – Coleman2:14

    xG 0.04–0.14 (21%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Pietila – Gabriel – Lappin3:38

    xG 0.09–0.23 (28%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Pietila – Gabriel – Gignac2:20

    xG 0.05–0.20 (20%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Severson10:33

    xG 0.09–0.23 (29%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Santini – Yakovlev13:33

    xG 0.22–0.62 (26%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Butcher13:59

    xG 0.36–1.38 (21%)attempts 9–21goals 0–3

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Lemieux – Howden7:13

    xG 0.63–0.10 (87%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Strome – Vesey4:01

    xG 0.56–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Zibanejad – Namestnikov – Chytil8:54

    xG 0.51–0.03 (94%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Namestnikov2:17

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHajek – Pionk11:34

    xG 1.01–0.18 (85%)attempts 17–6goals 1–1

  2. Shattenkirk – Skjei11:12

    xG 0.74–0.14 (84%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Smith – DeAngelo11:49

    xG 0.40–0.15 (73%)attempts 9–10goals 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 4.9 xGNJD 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #438 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 93% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

Simulated goal difference (NYR − NJD), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).