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Sat, Mar 30, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

New Jersey Devils 2, Florida Panthers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 66% of the time.

FLA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD111071800226
FLA180131811330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:42NJDSteve BernierAssists: Ryan Carter, Stephen Gionta · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:55FLAShawn MatthiasPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Peter Mueller · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:57NJDSteve BernierPPAssists: Henrik Tallinder, Andrei Loktionov · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:33FLAShawn MatthiasAssists: Scottie Upshall, Tomas Fleischmann · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:43FLADmitry KulikovGWGAssists: Brian Campbell, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:16FLAJerred Smithson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:21NJDAlexei Ponikarovsky: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:53FLATyson Strachan: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 10:41NJDMatt D'Agostini: Holding2 min
  5. P2 15:39NJDTravis Zajac: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:39FLAMarcel Goc: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 1:43FLADmitry Kulikov: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 6:26FLAShawn Matthias: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:10NJDDavid Clarkson: Holding2 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 SOG0FLA
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goc won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDFLA
26Shots on goal30
1.3Expected goals2.0
37Shot attempts51
34Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
28Hits24
15Blocked shots6
1Giveaways3
3Takeaways8

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. Bernier – Zajac – Carter2:39

    xG 0.14–0.11 (57%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Kostopoulos – Ponikarovsky – Sestito4:00

    xG 0.05–0.05 (46%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Elias – Clarkson – Henrique3:34

    xG 0.02–0.06 (26%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Bernier – Gionta – Carter6:23

    xG 0.15–0.20 (44%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene9:14

    xG 0.29–0.16 (64%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Zidlicky – Greene2:32

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Tallinder – Larsson8:20

    xG 0.16–0.17 (48%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestUpshall – Santorelli – Shore8:12

    xG 0.22–0.04 (84%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Kopecky – Goc – Fleischmann9:32

    xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Parros – Smithson – Howden3:52

    xG 0.08–0.05 (61%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Smithson – Santorelli – Howden2:08

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Strachan14:29

    xG 0.40–0.16 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Strachan2:01

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Brennan – Kulikov9:22

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 11–3goals 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.

FLA 2.0 xGNJD 1.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #80 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.47 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 66% of the time.

FLA winsNJD wins

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

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