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2021-03-04 · Prudential Center

6 – 1Final

NYR beat NJD 6–1. NYR lost the expected-goals battle 1.7 to 4.0 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Chris Kreider scored at 13:57 of the second, moving NYR’s win probability from 47% to 70%. Mackenzie Blackwood allowed 2.8 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
19 – 36
Expected goals
1.7 – 4.0
xG share
NJD 70%
Home-ice start
NJD 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

NYR goalNJD goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

NYRNJD

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

NYR
54:08 TOI
GSAx +2.59
+2.77
NYR
3 G, 0 A · 13:27 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +2.05
+2.17
NJD
1 G, 0 A · 18:39 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.71
+0.79

Rough nights

NJD
43:57 TOI
GSAx −2.80
−2.80
NJD
Aaron Dell
15:56 TOI
GSAx −1.69
−1.69
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 16:10 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing −0.59 · Penalties −0.18
−0.65

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalNYR–NJDWin prob.
P1 7:12 NJDJack Hughes
from Sami Vatanen
0–153% → 70%
P2 8:28 NYRChris KreiderPP
from Ryan Strome, Pavel Buchnevich
1–127% → 47%
P2 13:57 NYRChris Kreider
from Ryan Lindgren, Ryan Strome
2–147% → 70%
P3 0:23 NYRChris Kreider
from Filip Chytil
3–173% → 90%
P3 3:57 NYRPavel Buchnevich
from Alexis Lafrenière
4–192% → 98%
P3 15:25 NYRBrendan Smith
from Phillip Di Giuseppe, Kevin Rooney
5–1100% → 100%
P3 18:27 NYRAlexis Lafrenière
from Mika Zibanejad
6–1100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Chris Kreider L13:273+2.17+0.12+2.05+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Alexis Lafrenière L14:3511+0.72−0.16+0.90+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Smith D19:321+0.65−0.18+0.90−0.02−0.05+0.00+0.00
Pavel Buchnevich L16:1811+0.64−0.14+0.78+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Ryan Strome C16:262+0.16+0.13−0.00+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Fox D25:18+0.02+0.08−0.08+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Julien Gauthier R12:59−0.07−0.04−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Phillip Di Giuseppe L11:451−0.08−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Ryan Lindgren D20:551−0.10+0.08+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.18+0.00
Jack Johnson D15:54−0.10−0.08−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Filip Chytil C16:461−0.13−0.06−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Colin Blackwell C13:47−0.14+0.01−0.13−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mika Zibanejad C13:041−0.17−0.13−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.03
Kevin Rooney C14:561−0.19−0.06−0.08−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.06
Brett Howden C15:32−0.24−0.12−0.08−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Libor Hajek D16:50−0.27−0.11+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.18+0.00
K'Andre Miller D20:05−0.28−0.20−0.01−0.01−0.05+0.00+0.00
Brendan Lemieux L13:45−0.43−0.09−0.12+0.00−0.01−0.18−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G54:08+2.77
Alexandar Georgiev G5:52+0.21

NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jack Hughes C18:391+0.79+0.08+0.71+0.04−0.01+0.00−0.02
Sami Vatanen D17:091+0.30+0.10+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.18+0.00
Mikhail Maltsev L9:15+0.15−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.18−0.01
Travis Zajac C17:39+0.10+0.07−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.06
Dmitry Kulikov D19:19+0.09+0.16−0.06−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
P.K. Subban D22:23+0.04+0.09−0.07+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Butcher D17:07+0.02+0.09−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pavel Zacha C18:42+0.00+0.08−0.16+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.08
Nathan Bastian R12:16+0.00+0.03−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01
Miles Wood L16:44−0.00+0.05−0.21−0.02−0.01+0.18+0.00
Ty Smith D21:18−0.02+0.02−0.00−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Michael McLeod C8:58−0.21−0.04−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.18+0.02
Jesper Bratt L11:01−0.23−0.01−0.22+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Yegor Sharangovich C15:39−0.25+0.14−0.56−0.02−0.02+0.18+0.02
Andreas Johnsson L16:51−0.37+0.03−0.40+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Janne Kuokkanen C18:02−0.40+0.20−0.58−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Damon Severson D20:19−0.45−0.05−0.35−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Kyle Palmieri C16:10−0.65+0.11−0.59+0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Aaron Dell G15:56−1.69
Mackenzie Blackwood G43:57−2.80

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.