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Fri, Jan 16, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

New Jersey Devils 1, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 85% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD150109115
ANA115212213540

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:09ANACorey PerryAssists: Cam Fowler, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:12NJDMartin HavlatPPAssists: Patrik Elias, Marek Zidlicky · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:16ANAHampus LindholmGWGAssists: Matt Beleskey, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:08ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Andrew Cogliano · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:27ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:31ANAJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Francois Beauchemin · Slap, 0.01 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:02NJDAdam Henrique: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:13ANASami Vatanen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:35ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 5:47ANAMatt Beleskey: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 5:47NJDTim Sestito: Instigator2 min
  6. P3 5:47NJDTim Sestito: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 5:47NJDTim Sestito: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 17:46NJDJon Merrill: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDANA
15Shots on goal40
1.0Expected goals3.0
38Shot attempts69
28Faceoffs won35
2Power plays3
21Penalty minutes9
30Hits25
18Blocked shots15
11Giveaways13
3Takeaways3

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. bestElias – Havlat – Zajac11:56

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  2. Tootoo – Sestito – Whitney6:02

    xG 0.02–0.22 (8%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

  3. Zubrus – Ryder – Cammalleri13:57

    xG 0.52–0.80 (40%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  4. Gomez – Bernier – Henrique15:26

    xG 0.07–0.72 (9%)attempts 11–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Harrold2:28

    xG 0.02–0.06 (24%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  2. Fraser – Harrold11:06

    xG 0.14–0.41 (25%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

  3. Greene – Larsson15:57

    xG 0.52–0.87 (37%)attempts 14–16goals 0–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Maroon14:11

    xG 0.89–0.22 (80%)attempts 19–9goals 2–0

  2. Thompson – Cogliano – Silfverberg13:03

    xG 0.60–0.31 (66%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Beleskey – Smith-Pelly – Rakell6:43

    xG 0.21–0.07 (75%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  4. Kesler – Bourque – Palmieri9:33

    xG 0.18–0.14 (57%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Fowler16:21

    xG 0.99–0.15 (87%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm17:18

    xG 0.75–0.33 (70%)attempts 20–11goals 2–0

  3. Stoner – Vatanen16:42

    xG 0.41–0.37 (52%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

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.

ANA 3.0 xGNJD 1.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #871 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 85% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

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

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