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Fri, Nov 21, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

New Jersey Devils 2, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0421903226
EDM0808013029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:39NJDAdam HenriqueGWGAssists: Steve Bernier, Eric Gelinas · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:07NJDTuomo RuutuAssists: Eric Gelinas · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:24EDMTeddy Purcell: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:35NJDEric Gelinas: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:15NJDMichael Ryder: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:31EDMDavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 4:27NJDMarek Zidlicky: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zubrus won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDEDM
26Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals2.7
39Shot attempts69
31Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
21Hits18
23Blocked shots6
13Giveaways19
3Takeaways5

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. bestRyder – Ruutu – Josefson8:04

    xG 0.54–0.24 (70%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Zubrus – Bernier – Gionta7:21

    xG 0.19–0.08 (70%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Elias – Havlat – Henrique8:29

    xG 0.10–0.26 (27%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Cammalleri – Zajac11:14

    xG 0.38–0.74 (34%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Helgeson – Larsson11:09

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Severson15:14

    xG 0.32–0.51 (39%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Gelinas15:53

    xG 0.58–1.08 (35%)attempts 12–21goals 2–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Arcobello – Yakupov9:02

    xG 0.68–0.18 (79%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  2. Purcell – Hall – Draisaitl7:52

    xG 0.60–0.34 (64%)attempts 18–2goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins5:54

    xG 0.17–0.07 (71%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins2:12

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Marincin10:21

    xG 0.45–0.03 (94%)attempts 20–1goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Marincin2:56

    xG 0.07–0.01 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Petry4:03

    xG 0.12–0.09 (56%)attempts 6–2goals 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.

EDM 2.7 xGNJD 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1103 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

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

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