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Fri, Nov 12, 2010·Prudential Center, Newark

Edmonton Oilers 3, New Jersey Devils 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 71% of the time.

NJD winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM212180301324
NJD11411011213439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:34EDMColin FraserAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Whitney · Snap, 0.35 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:50EDMColin FraserAssists: Zack Stortini, Ryan Jones · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:43NJDAlexander VasyunovAssists: Travis Zajac, Patrik Elias · Snap, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:11EDMSam GagnerAssists: Taylor Hall, Ryan Whitney · Deflected, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:52NJDBrian RolstonAssists: David Clarkson, Dainius Zubrus · Snap, 0.47 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:00NJDMattias TedenbyPPAssists: Andy Greene, Jason Arnott · Deflected, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:27NJDIlya KovalchukPPGWGAssists: Henrik Tallinder, Patrik Elias · Slap, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:46NJDTravis Zajac: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:20NJDDavid Clarkson: Misconduct10 min
  3. P1 12:20NJDDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:20EDMZack Stortini: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 12:20NJDDavid Clarkson: Instigator2 min
  6. P3 4:12EDMJason Strudwick: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 10:23EDMAles Hemsky: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. OT 2:41EDMDustin Penner: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
47% to win53% to win
← EDM attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gagner won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNJD
24Shots on goal39
1.8Expected goals2.9
34Shot attempts61
31Faceoffs won40
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes19
19Hits19
11Blocked shots8
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways4

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestFraser – Stortini – Eberle2:01

    xG 0.46–0.07 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Hemsky – Gagner – Hall15:54

    xG 0.68–0.35 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Fraser – Stortini – Cogliano2:07

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

  4. Penner – Cogliano – Paajarvi8:47

    xG 0.18–0.32 (36%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrudwick – Whitney10:47

    xG 0.51–0.15 (78%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Gilbert – Peckham7:32

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 3–10goals 1–1

  3. Vandermeer – Whitney4:08

    xG 0.11–0.11 (50%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRolston – Zubrus – Clarkson7:38

    xG 0.94–0.15 (86%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  2. Arnott – Elias – Tedenby14:11

    xG 0.54–0.25 (68%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Mair – Pelley – Gionta3:21

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Vasyunov17:23

    xG 0.32–0.48 (40%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Magnan7:25

    xG 0.93–0.20 (83%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Tallinder – Taormina14:58

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Tallinder – Volchenkov3:59

    xG 0.07–0.05 (56%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

NJD 2.9 xGEDM 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #222 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 71% of the time.

NJD winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).