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Thu, Oct 24, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Vancouver Canucks 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

NJD winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN131707041321
NJD2507017010230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:05NJDPatrik EliasAssists: Andrei Loktionov, Jaromir Jagr · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:07VANRyan KeslerAssists: Henrik Sedin · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:41NJDEric GelinasPPAssists: Travis Zajac, Marek Zidlicky · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:37VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Mike Santorelli scored
  2. 2. NJD Travis Zajac stopped
  3. 3. VAN Daniel Sedin stopped
  4. 4. NJD Adam Henrique stopped
  5. 5. VAN Alexander Edler stopped
  6. 6. NJD Patrik Elias stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:21VANJeremy Welsh: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:44NJDMarek Zidlicky: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:56VANDaniel Sedin: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:42VANJason Garrison: Cross checking2 min
  5. OT 4:47NJDMarek Zidlicky: Roughing2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gionta won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNJD
21Shots on goal30
1.1Expected goals2.1
33Shot attempts47
33Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits27
6Blocked shots4
6Giveaways12
9Takeaways9

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Kesler17:14

    xG 0.49–0.31 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  2. Richardson – Booth – Welsh3:01

    xG 0.02–0.04 (34%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Santorelli – Kassian13:43

    xG 0.33–0.37 (47%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Sestito – Welsh5:41

    xG 0.02–0.16 (9%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Stanton14:18

    xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev11:41

    xG 0.22–0.29 (43%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Garrison18:59

    xG 0.28–0.90 (24%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Elias – Loktionov11:49

    xG 0.49–0.09 (84%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Olesz – Zajac – Brunner6:54

    xG 0.23–0.00 (98%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Zubrus – Ryder – Zajac3:31

    xG 0.13–0.10 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Zubrus – Ryder – Henrique8:07

    xG 0.21–0.24 (46%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene18:15

    xG 0.68–0.31 (69%)attempts 16–7goals 0–2

  2. Gelinas – Larsson11:30

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson2:15

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 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 xGVAN 1.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #605 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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