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Thu, Jan 9, 2020·Madison Square Garden, New York

New Jersey Devils 3, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 53% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD217114018349
NYR31421419637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:42NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Adam Fox · Slap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:06NJDKevin RooneySHAssists: Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:47NYRTony DeAngeloAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P1 12:16NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Mika Zibanejad · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P1 18:10NJDBlake ColemanAssists: Damon Severson, Travis Zajac · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 8:56NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Nikita Gusev, Travis Zajac · Tip-in, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:08NYRTony DeAngeloGWGAssists: Marc Staal, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–4
  8. P2 15:02NYRTony DeAngeloPPAssists: Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 12:56NYRJesper FastAssists: Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:47NYRBrendan Smith: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 7:40NJDP.K. Subban: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:32NJDJohn Hayden: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:58NJDJesper Boqvist: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 14:51NJDNico Hischier: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:12NYRJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:12NJDWayne Simmonds: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 8:50NYRChris Kreider: Interference2 min
  9. P3 15:37NJDMiles Wood: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYR
49Shots on goal37
3.0Expected goals3.3
76Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won32
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
20Hits19
19Blocked shots17
9Giveaways13
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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Wood – Zacha7:50

    xG 0.79–0.23 (78%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Palmieri – Hischier2:17

    xG 0.01–0.18 (4%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Coleman – Gusev10:13

    xG 0.22–0.49 (32%)attempts 8–12goals 1–2

  4. Palmieri – Hischier – Boqvist10:25

    xG 0.34–0.67 (34%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Butcher3:19

    xG 0.76–0.00 (99%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0

  2. Butcher – Mueller11:53

    xG 0.41–0.62 (40%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Subban11:04

    xG 0.26–0.56 (32%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich12:03

    xG 0.88–0.45 (66%)attempts 18–21goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Strome – Panarin8:13

    xG 0.45–0.14 (77%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Howden – Chytil – Kakko7:14

    xG 0.55–0.56 (50%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – DeAngelo9:28

    xG 0.60–0.14 (82%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – Trouba19:06

    xG 0.98–0.76 (56%)attempts 17–29goals 0–1

  3. Fox – Lindgren2:33

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 4–1goals 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 3.3 xGNJD 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 82/100 · #191 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 53% 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).