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Mon, Nov 28, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

New Jersey Devils 5, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 64% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD21322015538
NYR211010117338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:20NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Filip Chytil, K'Andre Miller · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:01NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Jacob Trouba, K'Andre Miller · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:33NJDTomas TatarAssists: Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier · Backhand, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:25NJDYegor SharangovichUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:44NJDJack HughesAssists: Dawson Mercer · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 9:40NJDMichael McLeodGWGAssists: Miles Wood, Fabian Zetterlund · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 13:18NYRVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Chris Kreider, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:44NJDYegor SharangovichENAssists: Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.75 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 15:13NJDVitek Vanecek: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 9:52NYRJacob Trouba: Interference2 min
  3. P2 16:34NYRVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:37NJDFabian Zetterlund: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 4:42NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 5:43NJDDawson Mercer: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:09NJDRyan Graves: Interference2 min
  8. P3 12:34NJDTomas Tatar: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
49% to win51% to win
← NJD attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYR
38Shots on goal38
4.7Expected goals3.7
62Shot attempts70
28Faceoffs won19
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
12Hits24
15Blocked shots11
8Giveaways12
11Takeaways9

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 – Bratt – Hischier8:52

    xG 0.69–0.37 (65%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Wood – McLeod – Zetterlund9:15

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Boqvist – Sharangovich – Holtz7:18

    xG 0.25–0.08 (76%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Tatar – Bratt – Hughes2:16

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Severson10:36

    xG 0.68–0.19 (78%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Severson2:19

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Hamilton – Siegenthaler12:51

    xG 0.65–0.81 (45%)attempts 11–12goals 2–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Vesey8:06

    xG 0.51–0.25 (68%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  2. Panarin – Chytil – Kakko12:23

    xG 0.59–0.57 (51%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  3. Carpenter – Blais – Gauthier4:05

    xG 0.11–0.22 (32%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. Trocheck – Goodrow – Lafrenière8:06

    xG 0.21–0.37 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren13:38

    xG 0.74–0.40 (65%)attempts 16–12goals 0–2

  2. Trouba – Miller14:25

    xG 0.43–0.66 (40%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  3. Jones – Schneider8:37

    xG 0.23–0.54 (30%)attempts 5–11goals 1–1

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 3.7 xGNJD 4.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 78/100 · #348 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 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 Jersey Devils win this game 64% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).