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Mon, Oct 7, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

New Jersey Devils 4, Edmonton Oilers 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 76% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD271619030425
EDM0803414022527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:59NJDJaromir JagrAssists: Marek Zidlicky · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:01NJDDamien BrunnerPPAssists: Travis Zajac, Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:34NJDMichael RyderUnassisted · Snap, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:43EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: David Perron, Boyd Gordon · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:28EDMAndrew FerenceAssists: Justin Schultz, Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:47EDMDavid PerronAssists: Mark Arcobello · Snap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:30EDMTaylor HallAssists: Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:06NJDPatrik EliasSHAssists: Damien Brunner, Marek Zidlicky · Backhand, 0.04 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle scored
  2. 2. NJD Damien Brunner stopped
  3. 3. EDM David Perron scored
  4. 4. NJD Ryane Clowe stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:41EDMJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:28EDMWill Acton: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 10:32NJDSteve Bernier: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 16:19NJDAndy Greene: Holding2 min
  5. P2 4:59NJDBryce Salvador: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:59EDMMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 15:23EDMLuke Gazdic: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 5:19NJDBryce Salvador: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  9. P3 17:09NJDDainius Zubrus: High sticking2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← NJD attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Elias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDEDM
25Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals3.8
49Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won43
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
25Hits24
17Blocked shots13
6Giveaways13
10Takeaways13

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. bestRyder – Zajac – Henrique9:54

    xG 0.48–0.07 (87%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter6:50

    xG 0.42–0.17 (71%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Elias – Zubrus10:28

    xG 0.45–0.42 (52%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Clowe – Loktionov – Brunner10:26

    xG 0.21–0.56 (27%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Zidlicky15:26

    xG 0.40–0.19 (68%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

  2. Greene – Larsson13:59

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Volchenkov – Harrold12:29

    xG 0.76–0.83 (48%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins9:10

    xG 0.31–0.21 (60%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  2. Perron – Eberle – Arcobello2:26

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

  3. Perron – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins2:32

    xG 0.04–0.10 (27%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Arcobello – Yakupov2:57

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Schultz17:31

    xG 0.98–0.63 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 2–1

  2. Schultz – Smid11:53

    xG 0.39–0.16 (70%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Petry – Belov14:40

    xG 0.36–0.79 (31%)attempts 11–14goals 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.

EDM 3.8 xGNJD 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #11 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.55 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 76% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

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

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