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Mon, Mar 11, 2024·Madison Square Garden, New York

New Jersey Devils 1, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 74% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD060717120
NYR0122816326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:25NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Chris Kreider · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:08NYRErik GustafssonGWGAssists: Zac Jones, Jimmy Vesey · Wrist, 0.00 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:26NJDSimon NemecAssists: Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:47NYRVincent TrocheckENAssists: Jimmy Vesey · Wrist, 0.70 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:32NJDErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:00NYRKaapo Kakko: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:32NJDAlexander Holtz: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:40NJDBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 5:10NYRAdam Fox: Interference2 min
  6. P2 16:02NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 19:30NYRMatt Rempe: Elbowing5 min
  8. P2 19:30NYRMatt Rempe: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P2 19:30NJDKurtis MacDermid: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 11:52NJDErik Haula: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYR
20Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals3.3
54Shot attempts56
13Faceoffs won28
4Power plays4
18Penalty minutes21
21Hits20
16Blocked shots16
0Giveaways8
3Takeaways11

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. bestHaula – Palat – Meier3:24

    xG 0.40–0.04 (91%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Haula – Bratt – Hughes5:17

    xG 0.32–0.08 (81%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. MacDermid – Nosek – Holtz2:08

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Meier – Hischier4:25

    xG 0.03–0.29 (8%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarino – Bahl3:36

    xG 0.50–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  2. Bahl – Nemec2:15

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Bahl4:35

    xG 0.13–0.06 (67%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Roslovic9:01

    xG 0.47–0.38 (56%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière8:36

    xG 0.25–0.22 (54%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Vesey – Rempe4:20

    xG 0.05–0.05 (54%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  4. Wennberg – Kakko – Cuylle6:02

    xG 0.22–0.58 (28%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren12:01

    xG 0.61–0.49 (56%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Gustafsson – Jones10:16

    xG 0.27–0.21 (57%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Schneider11:27

    xG 0.32–0.69 (32%)attempts 8–12goals 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 3.3 xGNJD 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #1100 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 74% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

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

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