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Fri, Nov 26, 2010·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New Jersey Devils 0, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD05011013029
NYI1131601220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32NYIJesse JoensuuGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen, Michael Grabner · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:15NYIRob SchrempAssists: Blake Comeau, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:31NJDDavid Clarkson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:49NJDColin White: Boarding5 min
  3. P1 11:49NYIBruno Gervais: Instigator2 min
  4. P1 11:49NYIBruno Gervais: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:49NYIBruno Gervais: Misconduct10 min
  6. P1 11:49NJDColin White: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 0:28NJDIlya Kovalchuk: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 2:19NYIBlake Comeau: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 10:04NYIDylan Reese: Interference2 min
  10. P3 11:06NYIJames Wisniewski: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0NYI
47% to win53% to win
← NJD attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Konopka
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
29Shots on goal20
3.0Expected goals1.9
75Shot attempts37
37Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
14Penalty minutes25
14Hits31
11Blocked shots27
12Giveaways9
8Takeaways13

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. bestZubrus – Mair – Kovalchuk5:20

    xG 0.38–0.06 (86%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Arnott – Elias – Tedenby9:29

    xG 0.53–0.54 (50%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Rolston – Clarkson – Zajac7:42

    xG 0.13–0.18 (43%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Mair – Pelley – Gionta2:26

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene11:04

    xG 1.02–0.54 (65%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Volchenkov – Magnan11:29

    xG 0.44–0.03 (94%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Tallinder – Greene2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Joensuu – Grabner2:35

    xG 0.32–0.01 (98%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares10:22

    xG 0.59–0.31 (65%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Sim – Schremp – Comeau2:43

    xG 0.11–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Schremp – Comeau – Joensuu5:22

    xG 0.10–0.39 (21%)attempts 3–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEaton – Martinek17:05

    xG 0.57–0.48 (55%)attempts 10–18goals 1–0

  2. Wisniewski – Hamonic10:32

    xG 0.67–0.76 (47%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Gervais – Reese7:38

    xG 0.12–0.48 (21%)attempts 5–11goals 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.

NYI 1.9 xGNJD 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1223 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 70% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

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

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