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Sun, Jan 23, 2011·Prudential Center, Newark

Florida Panthers 2, New Jersey Devils 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 64% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0717112226
NJD282916523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:20NJDIlya KovalchukAssists: Andy Greene, Travis Zajac · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:58NJDJason ArnottAssists: Adam Mair, Mark Fayne · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:22FLAShawn MatthiasAssists: Cory Stillman, Steve Bernier · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:48NJDBrian RolstonPPGWGAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, David Clarkson · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:19NJDPatrik EliasPPAssists: Brian Rolston, Ilya Kovalchuk · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:56FLAMarty ReasonerAssists: Radek Dvorak, Cory Stillman · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:13NJDJason ArnottENAssists: Rod Pelley, Henrik Tallinder · Wrist, 0.63 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 7:38NJDJason Arnott: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P2 11:53FLAKeaton Ellerby: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 16:42FLAJoe Callahan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:00FLAMike Weaver: Boarding2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANJD
26Shots on goal23
2.0Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts39
27Faceoffs won29
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
9Hits19
7Blocked shots8
4Giveaways8
2Takeaways5

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestStillman – Dvorak – Reasoner13:06

    xG 0.74–0.48 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  2. Weiss – Frolik – Dadonov14:10

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Olesz – Booth – Santorelli9:13

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Bernier – Booth – Matthias6:18

    xG 0.03–0.12 (18%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCallahan – Wilson2:41

    xG 0.58–0.09 (86%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Weaver – Garrison15:37

    xG 0.68–0.48 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  3. Callahan – Ellerby11:42

    xG 0.38–0.21 (65%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestArnott – Mair – Vasyunov7:48

    xG 0.51–0.15 (78%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  2. Rolston – Elias – Zubrus12:32

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Tedenby7:07

    xG 0.26–0.33 (43%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  4. Zajac – Vasyunov – Tedenby2:03

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Fayne16:42

    xG 0.58–0.45 (56%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  2. Volchenkov – Fraser9:29

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Tallinder – Volchenkov3:51

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

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 2.7 xGFLA 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #563 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NJD 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 64% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

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

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