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Sat, Nov 19, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

New Jersey Devils 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 52% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD01031014424
TBL03010210223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:09NJDDainius ZubrusAssists: Ryan Carter · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:05NJDPatrik EliasPPAssists: David Clarkson, Adam Larsson · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:44NJDDavid ClarksonPPGWGAssists: Zach Parise, Adam Henrique · Backhand, 0.31 xG3–0
  4. P3 8:24TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Ryan Shannon, Pavel Kubina · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:54TBLRyan ShannonAssists: Steve Downie, Eric Brewer · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:57NJDRyan CarterUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 13:25TBLDominic Moore: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:54TBLAdam Hall: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:08NJDPatrik Elias: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:51NJDAnton Volchenkov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 4:39TBLMarc-Andre Bergeron: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:24TBLTeddy Purcell: Interference2 min
  7. P2 8:53TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 min
  8. P2 14:34NJDMark Fayne: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 16:29TBLPavel Kubina: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 2:37NJDRyan Carter: Holding2 min
  11. P3 3:32NJDBryce Salvador: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  12. P3 4:10NJDDainius Zubrus: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 4:53TBLVincent Lecavalier: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 13:52TBLMatt Gilroy: Holding2 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 SOG0TBL
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pyatt won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTBL
24Shots on goal23
1.9Expected goals1.8
36Shot attempts45
30Faceoffs won32
8Power plays6
12Penalty minutes16
26Hits20
16Blocked shots10
6Giveaways5
7Takeaways8

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. Janssen – Mills – Tedenby2:38

    xG 0.05–0.06 (46%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Sykora – Elias – Zubrus8:51

    xG 0.04–0.08 (31%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Clarkson – Carter – Palmieri7:31

    xG 0.04–0.09 (29%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Parise – Henrique9:01

    xG 0.06–0.23 (20%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Tallinder – Fayne13:38

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  2. Salvador – Volchenkov10:05

    xG 0.09–0.14 (39%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Larsson12:53

    xG 0.06–0.31 (16%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Shannon – Downie3:19

    xG 0.22–0.08 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 2–1

  2. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Stamkos5:55

    xG 0.06–0.04 (62%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Stamkos – Connolly2:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Malone – Downie – Connolly2:03

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Hedman7:20

    xG 0.21–0.02 (91%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Kubina – Bergeron6:57

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Brewer – Gilroy8:49

    xG 0.13–0.05 (73%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

TBL 1.8 xGNJD 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #421 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 52% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

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

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