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Thu, Oct 30, 2014·Prudential Center, Newark

Winnipeg Jets 1, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 52% of the time.

NJD winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG1801004030125
NJD0130717011228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:56WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Toby Enstrom, Zach Bogosian · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:33NJDMichael RyderAssists: Jon Merrill · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Damien Brunner stopped
  2. 2. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
  3. 3. NJD Jacob Josefson scored
  4. 4. WPG Andrew Ladd stopped
  5. 5. NJD Patrik Elias stopped
  6. 6. WPG Bryan Little stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:17WPGEvander Kane: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:00NJDDamien Brunner: Holding2 min
  3. P2 16:52NJDMarek Zidlicky: Interference2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Elias won the faceoff against Ladd
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNJD
25Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals2.4
40Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
17Hits14
14Blocked shots7
7Giveaways13
14Takeaways7

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Kane – Scheifele12:37

    xG 0.55–0.28 (67%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Galiardi5:44

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Little – Frolik14:55

    xG 0.32–0.48 (40%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestClitsome – Postma4:35

    xG 0.12–0.03 (80%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Bogosian14:56

    xG 0.26–0.37 (42%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba13:21

    xG 0.30–0.57 (34%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Zubrus – Zajac8:54

    xG 0.19–0.08 (70%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Gionta – Josefson4:46

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Clowe – Zajac4:51

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Ryder – Henrique – Boucher7:14

    xG 0.18–0.35 (34%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Merrill12:28

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Merrill – Larsson3:33

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson2:32

    xG 0.12–0.00 (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 2.4 xGWPG 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #620 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 52% of the time.

NJD winsWPG wins

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

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