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Mon, Nov 1, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New Jersey Devils 0, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0120909030
VAN181817323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:19VANRaffi TorresGWGAssists: Manny Malhotra · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:09VANRyan KeslerAssists: Mason Raymond, Mikael Samuelsson · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:43VANHenrik SedinUnassisted · Backhand, 0.36 xG0–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:50NJDBrad Mills: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:50VANTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:53VANDaniel Sedin: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:33VANAlexander Edler: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 5:30VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 5:30NJDAdam Mair: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 8:29NJDDavid Clarkson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 19:03NJDOlivier Magnan: Holding2 min
  9. P3 13:43NJDColin White: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  10. P3 18:40NJDTravis Zajac: 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← NJD attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pelley won the faceoff against Malhotra
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDVAN
30Shots on goal23
1.6Expected goals2.1
58Shot attempts51
19Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
18Hits14
15Blocked shots18
3Giveaways8
3Takeaways7

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. Elias – Pelley – Vasyunov2:43

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Sestito – Vasyunov – Mills3:07

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Arnott – Elias – Pelley2:12

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Zubrus – Clarkson – Mills4:52

    xG 0.23–0.31 (43%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Eckford – Taormina2:31

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Magnan – Greene5:10

    xG 0.14–0.14 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Magnan – Taormina9:10

    xG 0.23–0.29 (45%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSamuelsson – Kesler – Raymond12:05

    xG 0.52–0.31 (63%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen9:39

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Tambellini13:25

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  4. Schaefer – Desbiens – Glass5:10

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Edler14:20

    xG 0.69–0.25 (73%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Ballard – Rome14:08

    xG 0.23–0.21 (52%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  3. Bieksa – Alberts14:31

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

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.

VAN 2.1 xGNJD 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1142 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsNJD wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).