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Fri, Nov 6, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark

Chicago Blackhawks 2, New Jersey Devils 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 55% of the time.

NJD winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0817114229
NJD3131805426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:48NJDLee StempniakUnassisted · Snap, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:48NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Travis Zajac · Snap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:14NJDTravis ZajacGWGAssists: Damon Severson, Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:28NJDMichael CammalleriAssists: Damon Severson, Kyle Palmieri · Snap, 0.06 xG0–4
  5. P2 18:42CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Andrew Shaw · Snap, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:34CHITanner KeroAssists: Artemi Panarin, Teuvo Teravainen · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:12CHIRyan Garbutt: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:54NJDAdam Henrique: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:54CHIJonathan Toews: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 4:56NJDAndy Greene: Interference2 min
  5. P2 19:39NJDDavid Schlemko: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 5:05NJDAdam Larsson: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 5:15CHIBrent Seabrook: Holding2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINJD
29Shots on goal26
1.8Expected goals2.0
53Shot attempts38
40Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
25Hits30
5Blocked shots17
4Giveaways4
2Takeaways4

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Shaw – Teravainen4:17

    xG 0.51–0.20 (72%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Garbutt – Panarin2:53

    xG 0.17–0.04 (82%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Tikhonov – Dano – Kero4:34

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Tikhonov – Panarin3:03

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Gustafsson14:13

    xG 0.58–0.14 (81%)attempts 20–3goals 1–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk13:22

    xG 0.53–0.63 (46%)attempts 8–12goals 0–3

  3. Seabrook – Svedberg11:47

    xG 0.07–0.43 (14%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique9:33

    xG 0.55–0.39 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Gionta – Farnham – O'Neill5:34

    xG 0.20–0.04 (83%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Tootoo – Josefson – Kalinin4:58

    xG 0.13–0.00 (97%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Tlusty – Josefson2:23

    xG 0.12–0.00 (97%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Larsson18:35

    xG 0.72–0.44 (62%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

  2. Schlemko – Merrill13:27

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Severson8:51

    xG 0.49–0.46 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

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 xGCHI 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #469 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 55% of the time.

NJD winsCHI wins

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

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