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Tue, Apr 13, 2021·Prudential Center, Newark

New York Rangers 3, New Jersey Devils 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

NJD winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR180428320
NJD0100809027

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:02NYRMika ZibanejadGWGAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Adam Fox · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:50NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Filip Chytil, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:32NYRPavel BuchnevichENUnassisted · Snap, 0.64 xG3–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:27NYRChris Kreider: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:27NJDDamon Severson: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:19NYRBrendan Smith: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:42NYRBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:42NJDMichael McLeod: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 18:41NYRRyan Lindgren: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNJD
20Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals2.5
45Shot attempts56
15Faceoffs won22
0Power plays2
14Penalty minutes10
16Hits19
15Blocked shots8
6Giveaways8
10Takeaways4

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. bestRooney – Howden – Kravtsov8:56

    xG 0.56–0.06 (90%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Blackwell – Strome – Panarin8:50

    xG 0.32–0.32 (50%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich13:49

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Blackwell – Rooney – Howden2:47

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Hajek14:25

    xG 0.71–0.20 (78%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren16:02

    xG 0.53–0.30 (64%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  3. Trouba – Miller18:27

    xG 0.62–1.15 (35%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestMaltsev – Boqvist – Thompson6:24

    xG 0.32–0.06 (84%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes15:37

    xG 0.59–0.33 (64%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  3. Johnsson – Merkley – McLeod10:03

    xG 0.43–0.32 (57%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Wood – Bratt – Hischier13:38

    xG 0.39–0.82 (32%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Severson14:27

    xG 0.46–0.36 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Butcher – Siegenthaler13:29

    xG 0.50–0.43 (54%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  3. Subban – Smith17:46

    xG 0.81–0.85 (49%)attempts 15–14goals 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 2.5 xGNYR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 4/100 · #817 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 54% 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).