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Thu, Jan 9, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

New Jersey Devils 2, New York Rangers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 62% of the time.

NYR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD011250601223
NYR181901213332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:05NYRAdam FoxPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck · Deflected, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:03NJDJack HughesAssists: Brett Pesce, Ondrej Palat · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:28NJDJesper BrattAssists: Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:13NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:48NYRSam CarrickGWGAssists: Reilly Smith · Snap, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:01NYRAdam Fox: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:29NYRBrett Berard: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 12:00NJDKurtis MacDermid: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:34NYRAlexis Lafrenière: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 15:40NJDNico Hischier: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 10:39NJDNathan Bastian: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:34NYRMika Zibanejad: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYR
23Shots on goal32
3.8Expected goals3.0
61Shot attempts63
17Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
27Hits33
15Blocked shots20
25Giveaways10
5Takeaways2

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. bestMacDermid – Lazar – Bastian2:50

    xG 0.18–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Noesen – Meier – Hischier11:27

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Dowling – Cotter – Mercer9:41

    xG 0.10–0.04 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Bratt – Hughes9:57

    xG 0.51–0.56 (48%)attempts 8–17goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSiegenthaler – Kovacevic15:17

    xG 0.61–0.28 (68%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Hamilton9:14

    xG 0.39–0.11 (78%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Pesce – Hughes17:27

    xG 0.50–0.56 (47%)attempts 13–22goals 1–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Zibanejad – Cuylle11:31

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière11:21

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  3. Brodzinski – Kaliyev – Berard6:29

    xG 0.03–0.18 (15%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Carrick – Edstrom – Rempe6:42

    xG 0.03–0.43 (7%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorgen – Miller15:36

    xG 0.67–0.29 (70%)attempts 22–8goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren12:51

    xG 0.09–0.36 (20%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Vaakanainen – Schneider10:30

    xG 0.13–0.76 (15%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

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 3.0 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 58/100 · #548 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 62% 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).