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Sat, Mar 23, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Florida Panthers 1, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 72% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA071506118
NJD02212011225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:24NJDPatrik EliasAssists: Travis Zajac · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:03NJDDavid ClarksonGWGAssists: Travis Zajac · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:50FLAPeter MuellerAssists: Tomas Fleischmann · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 7:49NJDMarek Zidlicky: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:40NJDAdam Larsson: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 5:46FLADmitry Kulikov: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 9:25FLAColby Robak: Cross checking5 min
  5. P3 9:25FLAColby Robak: Game 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
43% to win57% to win
← FLA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Loktionov won the faceoff against Goc
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANJD
18Shots on goal25
1.1Expected goals2.1
47Shot attempts48
20Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
17Penalty minutes4
11Hits19
8Blocked shots16
4Giveaways8
3Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Smithson – Santorelli – Howden5:32

    xG 0.05–0.05 (53%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Upshall – Skille – Matthias7:35

    xG 0.11–0.13 (47%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Mueller – Shore – Huberdeau9:58

    xG 0.38–0.59 (39%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

  4. Kopecky – Goc – Fleischmann10:17

    xG 0.08–0.31 (20%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Campbell – Strachan15:58

    xG 0.41–0.51 (44%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Brennan – Robak10:18

    xG 0.09–0.20 (32%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Kuba – Kulikov13:56

    xG 0.41–0.57 (42%)attempts 11–13goals 1–2

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestKostopoulos – Sestito – D'Agostini2:38

    xG 0.25–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Bernier – Loktionov4:16

    xG 0.16–0.03 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Gionta – Carter5:19

    xG 0.23–0.13 (65%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Kostopoulos – Sestito – Gionta2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Larsson11:36

    xG 0.74–0.17 (82%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Salvador – Zidlicky14:57

    xG 0.38–0.21 (65%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Volchenkov – Harrold8:17

    xG 0.04–0.05 (44%)attempts 2–5goals 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 2.1 xGFLA 1.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #622 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 72% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

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

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