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Fri, Nov 7, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

New Jersey Devils 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 84% of the time.

DET winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD130816217
DET21421007431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:18NJDSteve BernierAssists: Bryce Salvador, Stephen Gionta · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:55DETJakub KindlPPAssists: Tomas Tatar, Darren Helm · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:28DETBrendan SmithAssists: Joakim Andersson, Drew Miller · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:41DETJohan FranzenPPGWGAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:39DETNiklas KronwallUnassisted · Slap, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:26NJDJordin TootooAssists: Marek Zidlicky · Snap, 0.11 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:22DETLuke Glendening: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:38NJDJordin Tootoo: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:34NJDBryce Salvador: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:15NJDJaromir Jagr: Holding2 min
  5. P2 0:15DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  6. P2 11:35NJDMarek Zidlicky: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:21DETLuke Glendening: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 8:06NJDBryce Salvador: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 16:13DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDDET
17Shots on goal31
1.3Expected goals3.2
45Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
15Hits16
4Blocked shots20
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways3

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. bestTootoo – Bernier – Gionta3:14

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Zubrus – Tootoo – Gionta2:58

    xG 0.20–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Jagr – Elias – Ruutu4:44

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Ryder – Zajac – Sislo2:30

    xG 0.08–0.06 (60%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Zidlicky8:31

    xG 0.39–0.11 (77%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Gelinas – Larsson5:29

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Gelinas – Severson3:39

    xG 0.03–0.08 (25%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAbdelkader – Tatar – Sheahan8:25

    xG 0.79–0.19 (81%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist10:45

    xG 0.38–0.15 (71%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Andersson – Glendening10:13

    xG 0.07–0.12 (36%)attempts 4–6goals 2–0

  4. Cleary – Helm – Nestrasil7:19

    xG 0.11–0.33 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – DeKeyser14:08

    xG 1.03–0.11 (91%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff10:59

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson12:32

    xG 0.22–0.46 (33%)attempts 5–12goals 1–2

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.

DET 3.2 xGNJD 1.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 43/100 · #646 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 84% of the time.

DET winsNJD wins

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

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