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Sun, Nov 14, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

New Jersey Devils 3, New York Rangers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 78% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD1101719013327
NYR011215110054441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:23NJDJesper BrattAssists: Dawson Mercer, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:11NYRAdam FoxUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:24NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Jacob Trouba, Kaapo Kakko · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:20NJDDougie HamiltonPPAssists: Jesper Bratt, Pavel Zacha · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:29NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:16NJDPavel ZachaAssists: Nico Hischier, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Damon Severson stopped
  2. 2. NYR Mika Zibanejad stopped
  3. 3. NJD Jesper Bratt scored
  4. 4. NYR Kaapo Kakko scored
  5. 5. NJD Dougie Hamilton scored
  6. 6. NYR Artemi Panarin scored
  7. 7. NJD Dawson Mercer stopped
  8. 8. NYR Alexis Lafrenière stopped
  9. 9. NJD Andreas Johnsson scored
  10. 10. NYR Ryan Strome scored
  11. 11. NJD Tomas Tatar stopped
  12. 12. NYR Kevin Rooney stopped
  13. 13. NJD Pavel Zacha stopped
  14. 14. NYR Chris Kreider scored
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 5:02NJDP.K. Subban: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 9:20NJDJimmy Vesey: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 13:02NYRRyan Lindgren: Interference2 min · PPG

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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% to win
← NJD attackNYR 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.

NJDNYR
27Shots on goal41
2.3Expected goals4.1
57Shot attempts64
35Faceoffs won36
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
15Hits22
11Blocked shots19
14Giveaways9
8Takeaways7

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. bestTatar – Zacha – Hischier13:26

    xG 0.86–0.44 (66%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Johnsson – Bratt – Mercer13:35

    xG 0.49–0.58 (46%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

  3. Vesey – Geertsen – McLeod5:37

    xG 0.09–0.34 (21%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Kuokkanen – Boqvist – Sharangovich8:20

    xG 0.15–0.69 (18%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hamilton – Graves17:12

    xG 0.52–0.73 (42%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

  2. Subban – Siegenthaler14:32

    xG 0.21–0.48 (30%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

  3. Severson – Smith17:27

    xG 0.59–1.68 (26%)attempts 19–22goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Panarin – Kakko15:23

    xG 1.18–0.45 (72%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  2. Goodrow – Gauthier – Lafrenière9:40

    xG 0.61–0.33 (65%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Reaves – Hunt – Rooney9:54

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Hunt3:16

    xG 0.01–0.04 (24%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren21:15

    xG 1.67–1.07 (61%)attempts 26–24goals 1–2

  2. Trouba – Miller15:39

    xG 0.75–0.57 (57%)attempts 17–18goals 1–0

  3. Nemeth – Trouba2:22

    xG 0.11–0.01 (93%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

NYR 4.1 xGNJD 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #259 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 78% 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).