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Sat, Nov 29, 2014·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New Jersey Devils 1, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 64% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD18011016135
NYI11111512328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:40NYINikolay KuleminAssists: Kyle Okposo, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:27NJDDamien BrunnerAssists: Adam Larsson, Michael Ryder · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:32NYICal ClutterbuckGWGAssists: Calvin de Haan, Casey Cizikas · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:55NYICasey CizikasENAssists: Frans Nielsen, Thomas Hickey · Snap, 0.56 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:40NJDMichael Cammalleri: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:54NYITravis Hamonic: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:32NJDJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:59NJDDamien Brunner: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:35NYIRyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:47NJDJordin Tootoo: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 16:47NYICal Clutterbuck: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 0:46NJDDamien Brunner: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 16:50NYIBrock Nelson: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P3 17:56NYICalvin de Haan: Hooking2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Elias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
35Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals4.2
75Shot attempts55
33Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits16
15Blocked shots26
12Giveaways13
10Takeaways7

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 – Tootoo – Gionta5:25

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Ryder – Cammalleri – Brunner10:11

    xG 0.44–0.31 (58%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  3. Ruutu – Bernier – Josefson8:05

    xG 0.21–0.42 (33%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Elias – Havlat9:08

    xG 0.24–0.91 (21%)attempts 7–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Zidlicky – Severson4:43

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Harrold6:46

    xG 0.19–0.16 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Harrold – Larsson2:20

    xG 0.05–0.03 (61%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:26

    xG 0.48–0.09 (84%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Okposo – Kulemin – Tavares10:38

    xG 0.72–0.58 (56%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Lee – Nelson – Strome7:08

    xG 0.41–0.31 (57%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Grabovski – Bailey10:52

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan14:34

    xG 1.32–0.44 (75%)attempts 18–14goals 2–0

  2. Strait – Hickey12:43

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

  3. Donovan – Leddy12:18

    xG 0.31–0.68 (31%)attempts 6–20goals 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.

NYI 4.2 xGNJD 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #835 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 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, New York Islanders win this game 64% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).