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Mon, Dec 12, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 80% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD261130901329
NYR172110411423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05NJDNico HischierAssists: Jonas Siegenthaler · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:46NJDDawson MercerUnassisted · Snap, 0.30 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:25NYRChris KreiderAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Jimmy Vesey · Slap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:05NJDJack HughesAssists: Dawson Mercer, Dougie Hamilton · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:58NYRVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:05NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: K'Andre Miller, Filip Chytil · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:15NYRFilip ChytilGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, K'Andre Miller · Snap, 0.13 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:39NYRJimmy Vesey: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 13:39NJDDamon Severson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 5:45NYRLibor Hajek: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:07NJDErik Haula: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 12:50NYRBraden Schneider: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  6. P2 13:27NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:00NYRJonny Brodzinski: 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.

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
29Shots on goal23
3.8Expected goals1.9
57Shot attempts45
31Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits32
10Blocked shots13
9Giveaways18
3Takeaways10

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 – Hischier12:48

    xG 1.04–0.04 (96%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Haula – Hughes – Mercer12:37

    xG 0.93–0.05 (95%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  3. Wood – McLeod – Zetterlund11:32

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. Boqvist – Sharangovich – Holtz2:42

    xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Severson12:31

    xG 1.26–0.18 (87%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Graves – Marino12:45

    xG 0.68–0.02 (98%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Siegenthaler14:53

    xG 0.72–0.40 (65%)attempts 14–12goals 1–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Zibanejad – Goodrow – Panarin8:44

    xG 0.09–0.17 (34%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière8:27

    xG 0.19–0.47 (29%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  3. Goodrow – Panarin – Chytil3:11

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  4. Brodzinski – Blais – Gauthier7:17

    xG 0.12–0.52 (19%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hajek – Schneider2:21

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Hajek7:56

    xG 0.20–0.33 (38%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Fox – Miller2:04

    xG 0.02–0.17 (10%)attempts 1–3goals 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 1.9 xGNJD 3.8 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 76/100 · #371 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 80% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).