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Thu, Feb 23, 2023·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New York Rangers 1, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01011308131
DET172818423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:33DETAndrew CoppAssists: Michael Rasmussen, David Perron · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:06NYRVincent TrocheckUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:18DETFilip ZadinaGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:02DETMichael RasmussenAssists: David Perron, Andrew Copp · Snap, 0.35 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:51DETFilip HronekPPAssists: Andrew Copp, Dominik Kubalik · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:33DETFilip Hronek: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 9:45NYRRyan Lindgren: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 3:12NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P3 7:58NYRTyler Motte: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 11:45DETMichael Rasmussen: Charging2 min
  6. P3 11:45DETMichael Rasmussen: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 11:45NYRAdam Fox: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 13:48NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 13:48NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 13:48DETJake Walman: Fighting5 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 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDET
31Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals2.6
67Shot attempts44
27Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
12Hits22
9Blocked shots22
14Giveaways11
5Takeaways9

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. bestTarasenko – Trocheck – Panarin11:03

    xG 0.49–0.37 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey8:58

    xG 0.18–0.07 (71%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Vesey – Motte2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière8:51

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren13:19

    xG 0.76–0.29 (72%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Mikkola – Schneider7:24

    xG 0.34–0.07 (84%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Mikkola3:01

    xG 0.01–0.02 (26%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Copp – Rasmussen8:02

    xG 1.17–0.27 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  2. Sundqvist – Suter – Zadina8:42

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Bertuzzi – Larkin10:07

    xG 0.10–0.56 (15%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

  4. Vrana – Fabbri – Veleno7:16

    xG 0.19–0.89 (17%)attempts 2–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Hronek13:59

    xG 1.06–0.88 (55%)attempts 11–23goals 1–0

  2. Walman – Seider11:13

    xG 0.19–0.24 (44%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Chiarot – Maatta2:13

    xG 0.01–0.06 (17%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

DET 2.6 xGNYR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #990 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DET 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 51% of the time.

DET winsNYR wins

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

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