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Fri, Nov 14, 2014·Verizon Center, Washington

New Jersey Devils 1, Washington Capitals 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 50% of the time.

WSH winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0701615128
WSH010010010030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 9:38NJDMichael CammalleriGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:34NJDDamon Severson: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 14:25WSHMike Green: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 19:31NJDJacob Josefson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:18WSHJason Chimera: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:23NJDJordin Tootoo: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 16:33WSHMatt Niskanen: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:33NJDDainius Zubrus: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 19:40WSHJohn Carlson: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 11:25NJDTuomo Ruutu: High sticking2 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 SOG0WSH
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Fehr
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDWSH
28Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals2.7
51Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
13Hits16
19Blocked shots14
12Giveaways10
6Takeaways7

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. bestZubrus – Bernier – Gionta9:05

    xG 0.60–0.38 (61%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Tootoo – Josefson5:15

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Elias – Ryder – Havlat7:33

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Cammalleri – Zajac10:58

    xG 0.42–0.50 (46%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHelgeson – Larsson8:56

    xG 0.61–0.09 (87%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Gelinas14:06

    xG 0.72–0.66 (52%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Severson10:30

    xG 0.19–0.18 (50%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Ward – Fehr8:40

    xG 0.50–0.20 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Latta – Kuznetsov4:04

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Brouwer – Johansson – Burakovsky8:36

    xG 0.25–0.50 (33%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  4. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Beagle8:54

    xG 0.10–0.37 (22%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Carlson12:43

    xG 0.60–0.21 (74%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Green – Schmidt9:26

    xG 0.35–0.57 (38%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Alzner11:24

    xG 0.11–0.43 (20%)attempts 6–11goals 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.

WSH 2.7 xGNJD 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1076 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 50% of the time.

WSH winsNJD wins

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

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