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Sat, Feb 1, 2020·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New York Rangers 1, Detroit Red Wings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 55% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR16014011131
DET011011011033

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:13NYRMika ZibanejadPPGWGAssists: Chris Kreider, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:00DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:06NYRPavel Buchnevich: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:40DETLuke Glendening: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:13NYRGreg McKegg: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:50DETGivani Smith: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:50NYRJacob Trouba: 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDET
31Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals3.2
46Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won14
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits25
6Blocked shots7
10Giveaways12
7Takeaways4

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. bestFast – Strome – Panarin12:30

    xG 0.53–0.05 (92%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  2. Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Kakko2:44

    xG 0.21–0.05 (82%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lemieux4:53

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich5:21

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Lindgren11:33

    xG 0.60–0.20 (75%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – Fox10:13

    xG 0.41–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Fox2:06

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Perlini – Fabbri9:01

    xG 0.77–0.28 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Ehn – Smith5:17

    xG 0.47–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Erne11:32

    xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Zadina14:48

    xG 0.12–1.06 (10%)attempts 4–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Bowey12:30

    xG 0.95–0.03 (97%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Bowey2:04

    xG 0.11–0.08 (59%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Nemeth14:19

    xG 0.36–0.49 (42%)attempts 7–13goals 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 3.2 xGNYR 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 7/100 · #1009 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 55% 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).