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Tue, Apr 3, 2012·Prudential Center, Newark

New York Islanders 1, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 57% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI180804120
NJD161816320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:18NJDPatrik EliasAssists: Petr Sykora, Mark Fayne · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:57NYIMatt MoulsonAssists: Mark Streit, John Tavares · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:22NJDTravis ZajacPPGWGAssists: Zach Parise, Patrik Elias · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:05NJDIlya KovalchukENAssists: Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:26NYIMicheal Haley: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 12:26NYIMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:26NJDCam Janssen: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:54NYIMarty Reasoner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:23NYIMarty Reasoner: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 19:05NYIJosh Bailey: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 19:05NYIKyle Okposo: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 19:05NYIKyle Okposo: Misconduct10 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINJD
20Shots on goal20
1.5Expected goals1.7
40Shot attempts38
26Faceoffs won18
0Power plays4
33Penalty minutes5
21Hits22
12Blocked shots11
5Giveaways7
2Takeaways7

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Bailey14:03

    xG 0.52–0.24 (68%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  2. Reasoner – Grabner – Niederreiter11:45

    xG 0.15–0.06 (71%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Pandolfo – Haley – Martin6:58

    xG 0.13–0.04 (75%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares14:18

    xG 0.32–0.40 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Donovan3:53

    xG 0.37–0.08 (83%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Streit – MacDonald3:56

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Reese – Donovan13:39

    xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPonikarovsky – Bernier – Henrique10:11

    xG 0.19–0.05 (78%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Sykora – Elias – Zubrus11:50

    xG 0.28–0.31 (48%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  3. Janssen – Carter – Josefson3:04

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Parise – Zajac15:40

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Harrold13:45

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Fayne – Greene17:13

    xG 0.41–0.55 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Salvador – Zidlicky20:39

    xG 0.23–0.54 (30%)attempts 16–15goals 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.

NJD 1.7 xGNYI 1.5 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #990 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 57% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

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

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