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Fri, Feb 7, 2014·Prudential Center, Newark

Edmonton Oilers 1, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 57% of the time.

NJD winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM15060801120
NJD180100511224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:01NJDAndrei LoktionovAssists: Bryce Salvador, Jaromir Jagr · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:30EDMTaylor HallAssists: Nail Yakupov, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:34NJDJon MerrillGWGAssists: Michael Ryder, Adam Henrique · Slap, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:02NJDDainius Zubrus: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:23NJDAndy Greene: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:20EDMDavid Perron: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:13EDMMark Fraser: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 9:25EDMAles Hemsky: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 10:59NJDAdam Henrique: Hooking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNJD
20Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals2.7
36Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won12
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits11
14Blocked shots7
3Giveaways12
6Takeaways3

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov11:06

    xG 0.59–0.31 (66%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  2. Hendricks – Hemsky – Gordon8:55

    xG 0.11–0.13 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Joensuu – Gazdic4:51

    xG 0.03–0.27 (9%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  4. Gagner – Perron – Eberle11:53

    xG 0.25–0.57 (30%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Petry – Marincin15:49

    xG 0.56–0.63 (47%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Schultz15:43

    xG 0.52–0.61 (46%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. Ference – Fraser9:39

    xG 0.24–0.43 (35%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRyder – Clowe – Henrique13:29

    xG 0.77–0.26 (75%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Zubrus – Loktionov5:03

    xG 0.26–0.04 (86%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Jagr – Zubrus – Zajac7:30

    xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Elias – Zajac – Brunner5:04

    xG 0.14–0.09 (60%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrold – Merrill14:39

    xG 0.90–0.29 (76%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Salvador – Zidlicky12:45

    xG 0.76–0.26 (75%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Harrold2:40

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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 2.7 xGEDM 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #729 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 57% of the time.

NJD winsEDM wins

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

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