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Wed, Nov 6, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Detroit Red Wings 1, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 63% of the time.

NYR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET07113016136
NYR01131327531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:25NYRTony DeAngeloPPAssists: Brendan Lemieux, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:04NYRChris KreiderGWGAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Tony DeAngelo · Snap, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:49NYRRyan StromePPAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:41DETValtteri FilppulaAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:44NYRGreg McKeggSHAssists: Brett Howden, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:23NYRArtemi PanarinENAssists: Ryan Strome, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 0:19NYRJacob Trouba: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:26DETAdam Erne: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:19DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 7:08NYRMicheal Haley: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 11:35DETDylan McIlrath: 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
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYR
36Shots on goal31
3.5Expected goals4.4
71Shot attempts54
35Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits14
12Blocked shots17
9Giveaways18
6Takeaways10

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. Filppula – Athanasiou – Mantha4:25

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Abdelkader – Perlini – Hirose5:49

    xG 0.17–0.26 (40%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Athanasiou – Erne6:16

    xG 0.08–0.39 (17%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

  4. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin7:44

    xG 0.26–0.59 (31%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBowey – Hicketts14:55

    xG 0.83–0.30 (73%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Bowey – Cholowski2:09

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. McIlrath – Cholowski6:30

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 10–2goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Fast – Strome – Panarin8:18

    xG 0.41–0.38 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Buchnevich – Chytil12:04

    xG 0.50–0.51 (50%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  3. Lemieux – Howden – Kakko12:09

    xG 0.52–0.67 (44%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Fox10:05

    xG 0.69–0.34 (67%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – DeAngelo11:16

    xG 0.33–0.47 (42%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  3. Trouba – Hajek13:51

    xG 0.70–0.86 (45%)attempts 15–18goals 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 4.4 xGDET 3.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #854 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 63% 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).