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Sat, Apr 16, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Detroit Red Wings 0, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 84% of the time.

NYR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0301106020
NYR11718212437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:44NYRMika ZibanejadPPGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Chris Kreider · Slap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:46NYRFrank VatranoAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:37NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Filip Chytil · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P3 14:17NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Patrik Nemeth, Barclay Goodrow · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:48DETThomas Greiss: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:19DETSam Gagner: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 19:43DETDanny DeKeyser: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 11:58DETMoritz Seider: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:58NYRFilip Chytil: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goodrow won the faceoff against Veleno
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYR
20Shots on goal37
1.2Expected goals3.1
37Shot attempts68
18Faceoffs won27
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
18Hits18
15Blocked shots9
2Giveaways4
6Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Gagner – Erne – Rasmussen5:01

    xG 0.02–0.13 (13%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Vrana – Suter – Zadina10:21

    xG 0.19–0.38 (33%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond11:08

    xG 0.26–0.83 (24%)attempts 6–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – Lindstrom2:07

    xG 0.03–0.20 (11%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Walman – Lindstrom14:30

    xG 0.11–0.36 (24%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Hronek13:20

    xG 0.24–0.49 (33%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano11:06

    xG 0.65–0.13 (83%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Goodrow – Chytil – Lafrenière6:08

    xG 0.46–0.16 (74%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Strome – Copp – Panarin12:15

    xG 0.38–0.15 (72%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Hunt – Rooney2:57

    xG 0.15–0.10 (61%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller15:22

    xG 0.80–0.28 (74%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Schneider14:22

    xG 0.62–0.15 (80%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren14:30

    xG 0.55–0.28 (66%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

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 3.1 xGDET 1.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1257 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 84% of the time.

NYR winsDET wins

Simulated goal difference (NYR − DET), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).