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Mon, Feb 23, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark

Arizona Coyotes 0, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 53% of the time.

NJD winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI014014010038
NJD1120729328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:33NJDScott GomezGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:41NJDMichael CammalleriAssists: Jordin Tootoo, Jon Merrill · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:12NJDMichael CammalleriENAssists: Stephen Gionta, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.63 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:55NJDPatrik Elias: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:41ARIBrandon Gormley: Interference2 min
  3. P2 8:05NJDEric Gelinas: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:59ARIShane Doan: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:16NJDMarek Zidlicky: Holding2 min
  6. P3 5:37NJDTuomo 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Elias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINJD
38Shots on goal28
2.2Expected goals2.0
59Shot attempts42
28Faceoffs won35
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
25Hits26
8Blocked shots11
5Giveaways10
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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Vermette – Lessio12:03

    xG 0.74–0.24 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Moss – Vitale – Martinook7:35

    xG 0.27–0.15 (65%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Erat – Chipchura – Korpikoski10:25

    xG 0.05–0.11 (31%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Arcobello – Rieder12:54

    xG 0.36–0.46 (44%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson15:57

    xG 0.74–0.54 (58%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Stone2:15

    xG 0.03–0.03 (52%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Campbell16:28

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZubrus – Gionta – Josefson9:42

    xG 0.26–0.10 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Tootoo – Zajac11:30

    xG 0.35–0.27 (57%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Gomez – Ruutu10:24

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Elias – Bernier – Henrique11:58

    xG 0.17–0.74 (19%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrold – Gelinas9:01

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Harrold3:48

    xG 0.07–0.07 (52%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Merrill16:14

    xG 0.31–0.39 (44%)attempts 8–16goals 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.

NJD 2.0 xGARI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1137 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 53% of the time.

NJD winsARI wins

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

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