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Wed, Jan 11, 2012·Rexall Place, Edmonton

New Jersey Devils 2, Edmonton Oilers 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD041100912225
EDM09061800123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:35NJDIlya KovalchukSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 8:32EDMAles HemskyPPAssists: Corey Potter, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:06NJDZach ParisePPGWGAssists: Patrik Elias, Ilya Kovalchuk · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 4:07NJDZach Parise: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:44NJDDavid Clarkson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 18:38NJDZach Parise: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 2:20NJDRyan Carter: Interference2 min
  5. P3 3:07EDMRyan Smyth: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 8:23NJDPatrik Elias: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:24EDMCorey Potter: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horcoff won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDEDM
25Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals2.2
45Shot attempts64
24Faceoffs won25
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
13Hits12
26Blocked shots11
9Giveaways22
6Takeaways10

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. bestKovalchuk – Parise – Henrique14:03

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  2. Janssen – Zalewski – Tedenby4:46

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Clarkson – Henrique2:06

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

  4. Boulton – Clarkson – Carter8:04

    xG 0.23–0.53 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Fayne15:42

    xG 1.02–0.58 (64%)attempts 20–19goals 0–0

  2. Tallinder – Larsson2:03

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Volchenkov – Foster10:48

    xG 0.19–0.33 (36%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gagner – Hall14:01

    xG 0.80–0.05 (94%)attempts 22–5goals 0–0

  2. Belanger – Lander – Paajarvi10:07

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Hordichuk – Eager – Kytnar4:34

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Horcoff – Jones13:16

    xG 0.37–0.50 (43%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSutton – Teubert12:11

    xG 0.70–0.33 (68%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Potter – Peckham15:39

    xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Smid – Petry18:28

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 23–15goals 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.

EDM 2.2 xGNJD 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #554 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 54% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

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

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