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Sat, Jan 7, 2023·Prudential Center, Newark

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 69% of the time.

NJD winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR1921301101334
NJD0191142614443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:34NYRJimmy VeseyAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:28NYRJulien GauthierAssists: Adam Fox, Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:24NJDJack HughesUnassisted · Snap, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:15NYRChris KreiderAssists: K'Andre Miller, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:28NJDJesper BrattPPAssists: Nico Hischier, Jack Hughes · Slap, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:32NJDJack HughesAssists: Dawson Mercer, Ryan Graves · Slap, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:47NJDDamon SeversonGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.21 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:43NYRBraden Schneider: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:16NYRAdam Fox: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:52NJDMiles Wood: Interference2 min
  4. P3 5:47NJDDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:57NYRKaapo Kakko: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:42NYRVincent Trocheck: Slashing2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackNJD 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.

NYRNJD
34Shots on goal43
3.5Expected goals4.7
60Shot attempts82
37Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits21
30Blocked shots13
4Giveaways4
1Takeaways3

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Kakko14:10

    xG 0.79–0.45 (64%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Vesey – Chytil – Lafrenière10:55

    xG 0.72–0.65 (52%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  3. Goodrow – Blais – Gauthier6:58

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 4–10goals 1–1

  4. Trocheck – Panarin – Kravtsov11:39

    xG 0.56–0.70 (45%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Lindgren2:44

    xG 0.50–0.06 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Miller3:51

    xG 0.19–0.14 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren14:06

    xG 0.73–0.74 (50%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Haula – Hughes8:45

    xG 0.81–0.29 (74%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Wood – McLeod – Mercer9:44

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 18–3goals 0–1

  3. Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer2:23

    xG 0.08–0.02 (78%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Tatar – Bratt – Hischier2:21

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Okhotiuk8:07

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Smith – Siegenthaler2:49

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  3. Severson – Siegenthaler2:55

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 5–1goals 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.

NJD 4.7 xGNYR 3.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #318 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 69% of the time.

NJD winsNYR wins

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

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