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Sat, Jan 14, 2012·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

New Jersey Devils 2, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD070929225
WPG1606011123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:31WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 9:45NJDKurtis FosterAssists: Dainius Zubrus · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:43NJDPatrik EliasGWGAssists: Adam Larsson, Petr Sykora · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:26NJDRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:26NJDRyan Carter: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:26WPGMark Stuart: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:55WPGEric Fehr: Elbowing2 min
  5. P2 12:28NJDMattias Tedenby: Interference2 min
  6. P3 5:25WPGAlexander Burmistrov: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 18:24WPGRon Hainsey: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 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 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zubrus won the faceoff against Slater
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDWPG
25Shots on goal23
2.4Expected goals1.7
46Shot attempts53
16Faceoffs won38
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
36Hits33
18Blocked shots13
6Giveaways9
1Takeaways1

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. bestZubrus – Kovalchuk – Parise15:18

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Sykora – Elias – Clarkson13:30

    xG 0.21–0.17 (56%)attempts 7–13goals 1–1

  3. Carter – Palmieri – Tedenby5:32

    xG 0.03–0.12 (23%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Foster14:29

    xG 0.76–0.39 (66%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  2. Salvador – Larsson15:44

    xG 0.57–0.21 (73%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  3. Tallinder – Fayne18:32

    xG 0.14–0.16 (47%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestAntropov – Wellwood – Ladd11:59

    xG 0.28–0.10 (74%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Little – Kane – Burmistrov3:29

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Miettinen – Slater – Glass8:56

    xG 0.13–0.11 (53%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Stapleton – Little – Kane2:16

    xG 0.05–0.16 (23%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Oduya – Enstrom2:07

    xG 0.04–0.01 (81%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Jones2:10

    xG 0.09–0.08 (52%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Jones12:21

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 9–10goals 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.

WPG 1.7 xGNJD 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #714 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 63% of the time.

WPG winsNJD wins

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

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