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Mon, Nov 22, 2010·Prudential Center, Newark

Washington Capitals 0, New Jersey Devils 5

Expected result

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

NJD winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH04016010030
NJD392707523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:49NJDPatrik EliasPPGWGAssists: Mattias Tedenby, Andy Greene · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:15NJDJason ArnottUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:14NJDMattias TedenbyUnassisted · Backhand, 0.36 xG0–3
  4. P2 2:43NJDJason ArnottAssists: Patrik Elias, Andy Greene · Snap, 0.15 xG0–4
  5. P2 7:48NJDDainius ZubrusAssists: Alexander Vasyunov · Snap, 0.50 xG0–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:36WSHBrooks Laich: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:13NJDAdam Mair: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:13WSHMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 10:24NJDTravis Zajac: Holding2 min
  5. P1 18:14WSHJohn Erskine: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  6. P2 5:04NJDTravis Zajac: Holding2 min
  7. P3 12:44NJDMattias Tedenby: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 14:34WSHAlex Ovechkin: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 18:13NJDStephen Gionta: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 18:13WSHAlexander Semin: Cross checking2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHNJD
30Shots on goal23
1.6Expected goals2.2
42Shot attempts28
23Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
28Hits26
3Blocked shots6
7Giveaways10
6Takeaways9

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestLaich – Fehr – Ovechkin3:20

    xG 0.15–0.02 (86%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Semin – Backstrom6:52

    xG 0.09–0.09 (50%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Bradley – Chimera – Johansson5:34

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Ovechkin – Backstrom5:49

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlzner – Carlson11:56

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Erskine – Green3:44

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Erskine – Carlson5:05

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZubrus – Kovalchuk – Vasyunov12:11

    xG 0.93–0.27 (77%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Arnott – Elias – Tedenby10:32

    xG 0.42–0.14 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  3. Mair – Pelley – Gionta4:40

    xG 0.10–0.08 (55%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Rolston – Clarkson – Zajac12:01

    xG 0.11–0.16 (41%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Corrente15:07

    xG 0.99–0.21 (83%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  2. Fayne – Greene10:52

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. White – Tallinder15:52

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 5–6goals 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 2.2 xGWSH 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1196 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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.

NJD winsWSH wins

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

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