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Thu, Oct 8, 2009·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

New Jersey Devils 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 53% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD1121916072434
TBL0712529030344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:46NJDZach ParisePPAssists: Travis Zajac, Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:49TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Martin St. Louis, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:09NJDJay PandolfoAssists: David Clarkson, Rob Niedermayer · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:52TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:41TBLTodd FedorukAssists: Victor Hedman, Mattias Ohlund · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:59NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Zach Parise, Jamie Langenbrunner · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Steven Stamkos stopped
  2. 2. NJD Zach Parise scored
  3. 3. TBL Alex Tanguay stopped
  4. 4. NJD Jamie Langenbrunner scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:20TBLJames Wright: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:16TBLVictor Hedman: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:08NJDBryce Salvador: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:45NJDJohnny Oduya: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:48NJDBryce Salvador: Fighting5 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:48TBLZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 1:40NJDIlkka Pikkarainen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 10:50NJDDainius Zubrus: Holding2 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 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTBL
34Shots on goal44
2.9Expected goals2.7
63Shot attempts72
31Faceoffs won33
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
12Hits18
14Blocked shots14
10Giveaways9
5Takeaways9

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.

TBL 2.7 xGNJD 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #77 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.60 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 53% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

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

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