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Sat, Nov 30, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

New York Rangers 4, New Jersey Devils 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 56% of the time.

NJD winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR170838423
NJD011010012033

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:45NYRAdam FoxPPGWGAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:35NYRMika ZibanejadSHAssists: Brendan Lemieux · Snap, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:52NYRJesper FastSHAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P3 17:18NYRBrady SkjeiENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG4–0
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 10:57NJDPavel Zacha: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:28NYRRyan Strome: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:00NYRArtemi Panarin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:26NYRBrady Skjei: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:14NJDTravis Zajac: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:23NYRArtemi Panarin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 19:27NYRLibor Hajek: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 5:21NYRChris Kreider: Boarding5 min
  9. P3 5:21NJDKevin Rooney: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 5:21NYRChris Kreider: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 5:21NYRChris Kreider: Game misconduct10 min
  12. P3 6:46NJDNikita Gusev: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 16:56NYRRyan Lindgren: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 16:56NJDWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 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 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNJD
23Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals3.0
35Shot attempts63
30Faceoffs won23
2Power plays8
34Penalty minutes13
17Hits32
11Blocked shots2
5Giveaways13
6Takeaways6

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lemieux6:52

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Panarin – Kakko7:37

    xG 0.18–0.30 (37%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Fast – Chytil3:36

    xG 0.06–0.19 (23%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fox – Lindgren5:58

    xG 0.06–0.17 (27%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  2. DeAngelo – Hajek8:58

    xG 0.26–0.48 (35%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Trouba9:31

    xG 0.40–0.67 (37%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Coleman – Wood2:05

    xG 0.13–0.08 (63%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Coleman – Gusev8:35

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Wood – Rooney – Bratt2:41

    xG 0.04–0.03 (58%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Zacha – Boqvist7:02

    xG 0.23–0.24 (50%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTennyson – Butcher8:23

    xG 0.54–0.24 (70%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Subban2:12

    xG 0.21–0.03 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Severson10:45

    xG 0.23–0.30 (43%)attempts 15–5goals 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.

NJD 3.0 xGNYR 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #981 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 56% of the time.

NJD winsNYR wins

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

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