Fri, Jan 6, 2012·Prudential Center, Newark
Florida Panthers 2, New Jersey Devils 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 89% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLA | 16 | 18 | 010 | 224 |
| NJD | 113 | 17 | 39 | 529 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 3:53NJDAdam HenriqueAssists: Zach Parise · Backhand, 0.33 xG0–1
- P1 7:33FLAMikael SamuelssonAssists: Marcel Goc, Tomas Kopecky · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
- P2 0:36NJDPatrik EliasAssists: Henrik Tallinder, Mark Fayne · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
- P2 2:46FLAKrys BarchAssists: Michal Repik, Brian Campbell · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
- P3 11:40NJDIlya KovalchukGWGAssists: Patrik Elias, Matt Taormina · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–3
- P3 19:00NJDIlya KovalchukENAssists: Bryce Salvador, Adam Henrique · Snap, 0.60 xG2–4
- P3 19:20NJDZach PariseENAssists: Patrik Elias, Dainius Zubrus · Snap, 0.69 xG2–5
Penalties (5)
- P1 2:12NJDBryce Salvador: Cross checking2 min
- P1 3:21FLAStephen Weiss: High sticking2 min
- P2 15:29FLADmitry Kulikov: High sticking2 min
- P3 12:48FLAStephen Weiss: Tripping2 min
- P3 17:08NJDZach Parise: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Madden won the faceoff against Henrique
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestMadden – Barch – Repik6:29
xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0
- Bradley – Santorelli – Matthias10:39
xG 0.23–0.13 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0
- Samuelsson – Kopecky – Goc11:27
xG 0.32–0.34 (49%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0
- Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg14:11
xG 0.34–0.66 (34%)attempts 9–11goals 0–2
Defence pairs
- bestJovanovski – Gudbranson9:51
xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0
- Campbell – Garrison15:17
xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1
- Weaver – Kulikov16:24
xG 0.42–0.90 (32%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- bestSykora – Elias – Zubrus11:19
xG 0.45–0.08 (84%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0
- Kovalchuk – Parise – Henrique12:11
xG 0.39–0.31 (56%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1
- Boulton – Kovalchuk – Carter3:02
xG 0.06–0.01 (81%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
- Boulton – Clarkson – Zalewski3:46
xG 0.03–0.03 (57%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSalvador – Larsson18:33
xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1
- Tallinder – Fayne17:31
xG 0.63–0.44 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1
- Foster – Taormina12:44
xG 0.18–0.36 (34%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it FLA. Dots are goals.
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 89% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NJD − FLA), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).