Skip to content
Ice Lab

Tue, Jan 17, 2012·Prudential Center, Newark

Winnipeg Jets 1, New Jersey Devils 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 74% of the time.

NJD winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG060718121
NJD193714520

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:59NJDIlya KovalchukAssists: Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:32NJDPetr SykoraGWGAssists: Henrik Tallinder, Patrik Elias · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:48NJDDavid ClarksonAssists: Patrik Elias · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:38NJDIlya KovalchukPPAssists: David Clarkson, Kurtis Foster · Snap, 0.08 xG0–4
  5. P3 8:18WPGToby EnstromAssists: Nik Antropov, Kyle Wellwood · Slap, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:31NJDPatrik EliasAssists: Anton Volchenkov, Petr Sykora · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:48WPGJim Slater: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:34WPGEvander Kane: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 7:07WPGNik Antropov: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:14WPGJohnny Oduya: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 13:08NJDDainius Zubrus: Tripping2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Slater won the faceoff against Zubrus
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNJD
21Shots on goal20
1.1Expected goals2.2
32Shot attempts29
27Faceoffs won29
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
26Hits32
4Blocked shots6
1Giveaways15
4Takeaways5

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestFehr – Kane – Burmistrov3:58

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Miettinen – Fehr – Burmistrov3:14

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Miettinen – Fehr – Stapleton2:16

    xG 0.07–0.02 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Slater – Glass9:35

    xG 0.33–0.38 (46%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Flood17:04

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  2. Stuart – Jones12:28

    xG 0.43–0.36 (54%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Enstrom14:57

    xG 0.21–0.74 (22%)attempts 9–10goals 1–2

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZubrus – Kovalchuk – Parise12:49

    xG 0.73–0.19 (79%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Sykora – Elias – Clarkson9:26

    xG 0.54–0.22 (71%)attempts 9–8goals 3–0

  3. Carter – Tedenby – Josefson8:26

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Boulton – Zalewski – Mills8:17

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Foster13:45

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  2. Salvador – Larsson17:53

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Tallinder – Fayne13:55

    xG 0.19–0.35 (36%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

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 2.2 xGWPG 1.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1044 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 74% of the time.

NJD winsWPG wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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