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Thu, Apr 10, 2014·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New Jersey Devils 1, Ottawa Senators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD08112015040139
OTT01011007051232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:20OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:26NJDMichael RyderAssists: Anton Volchenkov, Tim Sestito · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  2. 2. NJD Travis Zajac stopped
  3. 3. OTT Jason Spezza stopped
  4. 4. NJD Adam Larsson stopped
  5. 5. OTT Milan Michalek stopped
  6. 6. NJD Jaromir Jagr stopped
  7. 7. OTT Erik Karlsson scored
  8. 8. NJD Dainius Zubrus stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:37NJDAndy Greene: Delaying game2 min
  2. P1 8:06NJDPatrik Elias: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:48NJDMarek Zidlicky: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P3 0:18OTTZack Smith: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 12:49OTTAles Hemsky: Tripping2 min
  6. OT 4:25NJDJaromir Jagr: Tripping2 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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← NJD attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gionta won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDOTT
39Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts62
20Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
37Hits28
16Blocked shots14
7Giveaways10
9Takeaways11

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. bestJagr – Elias – Zajac5:15

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Zubrus – Sislo – Brunner3:34

    xG 0.13–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Zubrus – Ryder – Sestito6:43

    xG 0.13–0.08 (63%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Bernier – Gionta – Carter9:57

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene15:04

    xG 0.74–0.27 (73%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Volchenkov – Larsson13:06

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Merrill17:26

    xG 0.72–0.82 (47%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Turris – Stone12:26

    xG 0.95–0.61 (61%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Hoffman – Zibanejad6:38

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Hemsky – Michalek10:47

    xG 0.32–0.30 (52%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Greening – Condra – Smith10:57

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Ceci13:18

    xG 0.80–0.63 (56%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Wiercioch2:06

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Ceci2:25

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

OTT 3.0 xGNJD 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #710 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 53% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

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

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