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Wed, Mar 30, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New York Rangers 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 79% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR2911111311534
DET281111502426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:23NYRRyan ReavesUnassisted · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:59DETMichael RasmussenAssists: Taro Hirose, Danny DeKeyser · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:23DETJakub VranaPPAssists: Moritz Seider · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:34NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Patrik Nemeth, Braden Schneider · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 0:29DETTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond · Slap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 12:15NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Frank Vatrano, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:56DETAdam ErneAssists: Marc Staal, Pius Suter · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 16:22NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Snap, 0.11 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:34NYRAndrew CoppGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.22 xG5–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:26NYRAndrew Copp: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:53NYRGreg McKegg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:38DETGustav Lindstrom: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 10:26NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 15:47DETGustav Lindstrom: High sticking2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDET
34Shots on goal26
3.8Expected goals1.9
59Shot attempts43
23Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
22Hits21
10Blocked shots15
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways4

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. bestZibanejad – Vatrano – Panarin2:50

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Reaves – McKegg – Motte7:39

    xG 0.41–0.13 (76%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano9:49

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  4. Copp – Hunt – Panarin8:23

    xG 0.43–0.46 (48%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller19:08

    xG 1.06–0.38 (74%)attempts 21–9goals 0–1

  2. Fox – Lindgren16:26

    xG 0.98–0.62 (61%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  3. Nemeth – Schneider12:04

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Gagner – Vrana – Veleno10:41

    xG 0.42–0.55 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond13:54

    xG 0.54–0.77 (41%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Rasmussen – Zadina – Hirose5:08

    xG 0.13–0.40 (25%)attempts 4–7goals 1–1

  4. Sundqvist – Erne – Suter12:05

    xG 0.07–0.63 (10%)attempts 1–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Walman – Lindstrom12:56

    xG 0.43–0.75 (37%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. DeKeyser – Seider16:02

    xG 0.16–0.51 (24%)attempts 3–13goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Hronek15:43

    xG 0.26–1.41 (15%)attempts 12–21goals 1–3

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 1.9 xGNYR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 96/100 · #63 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.59 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 79% 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).