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Thu, Nov 12, 2015·United Center, Chicago

New Jersey Devils 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 61% of the time.

CHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD072619322
CHI11001019229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:42CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Jonathan Toews, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:59NJDAdam HenriqueAssists: John Moore · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:01NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Sergey Kalinin · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:19CHIArtemi PanarinAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:33NJDSergey KalininPPGWGAssists: Kyle Palmieri, David Schlemko · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:02NJDJohn Moore: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:02NJDDamon Severson: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 10:27CHIMarian Hossa: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 3:43NJDJordin Tootoo: Interference2 min
  5. P2 12:07CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 3:58NJDTravis Zajac: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 14:01NJDMichael Cammalleri: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 17:25CHIPatrick Kane: High sticking2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCHI
22Shots on goal29
2.5Expected goals2.0
33Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won20
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
54Hits24
22Blocked shots8
5Giveaways1
6Takeaways5

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. bestZajac – Palmieri – Kalinin9:43

    xG 1.02–0.05 (95%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Tootoo – Josefson – Matteau6:31

    xG 0.24–0.05 (82%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique12:03

    xG 0.14–0.35 (29%)attempts 2–16goals 1–0

  4. Gionta – Farnham – O'Neill8:08

    xG 0.04–0.72 (5%)attempts 2–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Larsson16:56

    xG 1.28–0.62 (67%)attempts 14–21goals 1–0

  2. Moore – Merrill2:44

    xG 0.18–0.02 (89%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Schlemko – Severson2:43

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin12:26

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Teravainen – Dano – Kero5:27

    xG 0.25–0.02 (93%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Toews – Shaw9:44

    xG 0.34–0.26 (56%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  4. Toews – Kane – Panarin2:01

    xG 0.09–0.04 (72%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk17:10

    xG 0.82–0.27 (75%)attempts 23–4goals 0–1

  2. Daley – Gustafsson10:57

    xG 0.47–0.23 (67%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  3. Seabrook – Svedberg12:55

    xG 0.25–1.26 (16%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

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.

CHI 2.0 xGNJD 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #233 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 61% of the time.

CHI winsNJD wins

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

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