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Sat, Jan 19, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New Jersey Devils 2, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0911217228
NYI030719119

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:01NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Henrik Tallinder · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:12NYITravis HamonicPPAssists: Michael Grabner, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:17NJDDavid ClarksonGWGAssists: Patrik Elias, Mattias Tedenby · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:29NJDBryce Salvador: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 4:33NYIBrad Boyes: Holding2 min
  3. P3 1:13NYIMark Streit: Holding2 min
  4. P3 5:51NJDHenrik Tallinder: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:47NJDIlya Kovalchuk: Interference2 min
  6. P3 19:58NJDPatrik Elias: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
28Shots on goal19
2.5Expected goals2.4
50Shot attempts40
21Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
23Hits19
9Blocked shots16
7Giveaways9
6Takeaways4

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. bestElias – Clarkson – Tedenby9:15

    xG 0.76–0.39 (66%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter8:07

    xG 0.40–0.08 (84%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Zubrus – Kovalchuk – Zajac12:30

    xG 0.50–0.19 (72%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  4. Elias – Clarkson – Josefson2:10

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene15:39

    xG 0.72–0.21 (78%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Tallinder – Volchenkov13:28

    xG 0.60–0.44 (58%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  3. Salvador – Zidlicky17:29

    xG 0.93–0.78 (54%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMoulson – Okposo – Tavares16:29

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  2. Boulton – Reasoner – Martin2:02

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – McDonald – Ullstrom4:18

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Nielsen – Grabner10:13

    xG 0.19–0.51 (27%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. MacDonald – Hamonic19:31

    xG 0.59–0.65 (48%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  2. Carkner – Finley9:23

    xG 0.36–0.66 (35%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Strait14:50

    xG 0.45–0.79 (37%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

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.

NYI 2.4 xGNJD 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #387 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 52% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

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

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