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Tue, Mar 4, 2014·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 3, New Jersey Devils 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 65% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1711214323
NJD1807314429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:27NJDAdam HenriqueUnassisted · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:26DETJohan FranzenPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:03DETBrendan SmithAssists: Justin Abdelkader · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:41NJDMarek ZidlickyPPAssists: Damien Brunner, Patrik Elias · Deflected, 0.46 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:30NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Ryane Clowe · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:43DETTodd BertuzziPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P3 19:23NJDStephen GiontaGWGAssists: Mark Fayne, Dainius Zubrus · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:12DETKyle Quincey: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 10:03NJDBryce Salvador: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:35NJDMark Fayne: Holding2 min
  4. P2 15:23NJDRyane Clowe: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 17:56DETKyle Quincey: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 19:39DETBrian Lashoff: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 0:00DETLuke Glendening: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 0:00NJDAdam Henrique: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 9:30NJDEric Gelinas: Interference2 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 20:00Helm won the faceoff against Elias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
23Shots on goal29
2.1Expected goals2.9
35Shot attempts41
27Faceoffs won22
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits18
6Blocked shots6
12Giveaways8
7Takeaways7

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. bestBertuzzi – Miller – Glendening6:35

    xG 0.44–0.19 (69%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Abdelkader – Glendening2:31

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Alfredsson – Abdelkader – Helm5:58

    xG 0.05–0.26 (15%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Franzen – Andersson – Nyquist11:53

    xG 0.14–0.45 (24%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser12:23

    xG 0.67–0.51 (57%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. Smith – Lashoff11:23

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – DeKeyser2:49

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Clowe – Zajac5:20

    xG 0.45–0.14 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Jagr – Zubrus – Zajac6:53

    xG 0.37–0.13 (74%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  3. Elias – Henrique – Brunner8:16

    xG 0.63–0.43 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Ryder – Clowe – Loktionov5:23

    xG 0.16–0.05 (75%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene15:19

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  2. Salvador – Merrill5:06

    xG 0.29–0.06 (82%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Salvador – Zidlicky10:52

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 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 2.9 xGDET 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 82/100 · #175 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, New Jersey Devils win this game 65% 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).