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Fri, Dec 6, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 3, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 62% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET081825321
NJD140403111

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:43NJDAndy GreenePPAssists: Patrik Elias · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:24DETJoakim AnderssonAssists: Drew Miller, Daniel Alfredsson · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:40DETJohan FranzenGWGAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:57DETTomas TatarPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:24DETBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 13:06DETJohan Franzen: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:32NJDSteve Bernier: Interference2 min
  4. P2 12:25DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 1:59NJDMichael Ryder: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:15NJDMarek Zidlicky: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:39DETCory Emmerton: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 14:51NJDTravis Zajac: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 18:52NJDCory Schneider: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min · PPG

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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
21Shots on goal11
2.0Expected goals1.5
31Shot attempts26
25Faceoffs won30
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
8Hits10
7Blocked shots3
2Giveaways12
2Takeaways2

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Weiss – Abdelkader10:49

    xG 0.23–0.03 (90%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Franzen – Nyquist – Tatar3:03

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Andersson – Tatar7:52

    xG 0.09–0.15 (37%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Cleary – Samuelsson – Emmerton4:57

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith12:32

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson15:09

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith3:31

    xG 0.06–0.09 (42%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJanssen – Sestito – Josefson3:09

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Zubrus – Zajac11:30

    xG 0.37–0.34 (52%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Elias – Bernier – Henrique6:48

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Ryder – Loktionov – Boucher6:14

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Zidlicky11:32

    xG 0.46–0.33 (59%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Gelinas – Merrill14:09

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Greene11:45

    xG 0.15–0.35 (30%)attempts 6–5goals 0–2

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 1.5 xGDET 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #701 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 62% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

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

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