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Sat, Mar 12, 2011·Prudential Center, Newark

New York Islanders 2, New Jersey Devils 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 88% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI03260600215
NJD180911513335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:57NJDJacob JosefsonAssists: David Clarkson, Anton Volchenkov · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:13NYIBlake ComeauSHAssists: Jack Hillen · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:46NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Andrew MacDonald, PA Parenteau · Tip-in, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:42NJDDavid ClarksonAssists: Mattias Tedenby, Jacob Josefson · Snap, 0.54 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:09NJDAnssi SalmelaGWGAssists: Mattias Tedenby, Patrik Elias · Snap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:28NYIMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 12:28NJDAdam Mair: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 0:00NYIZenon Konopka: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:08NYITravis Hamonic: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:19NJDIlya Kovalchuk: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:38NYIJack Hillen: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 6:47NYIZenon Konopka: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:33NYIFrans Nielsen: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 11:33NYITravis Hamonic: Hooking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINJD
15Shots on goal35
1.2Expected goals3.6
33Shot attempts67
23Faceoffs won32
1Power plays5
25Penalty minutes7
11Hits12
18Blocked shots10
3Giveaways9
6Takeaways11

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Grabner10:58

    xG 0.23–0.02 (92%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Konopka – Haley – DiBenedetto5:15

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Bailey – Martin10:03

    xG 0.04–0.24 (13%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares15:16

    xG 0.16–0.62 (20%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJurcina – Gervais9:39

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic18:08

    xG 0.22–0.23 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Martinek – Hillen16:53

    xG 0.20–0.40 (34%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRolston – Elias – Zubrus10:49

    xG 0.41–0.03 (93%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  2. Clarkson – Tedenby – Josefson8:56

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Clarkson – Josefson2:04

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Palmieri11:25

    xG 0.25–0.25 (50%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Salmela15:51

    xG 0.56–0.10 (85%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Tallinder – Fayne17:45

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. White – Volchenkov13:24

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

NJD 3.6 xGNYI 1.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #449 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 88% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

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

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