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Fri, Nov 20, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

New Jersey Devils 1, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0411204120
EDM1916312527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:59EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Taylor Hall, Brandon Davidson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:04NJDKyle PalmieriPPAssists: David Schlemko, Travis Zajac · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:12EDMOscar KlefbomGWGAssists: Teddy Purcell, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:23EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:18EDMMark LetestuUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:29EDMTaylor HallENAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 15:47NJDLee Stempniak: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:17NJDKyle Palmieri: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:41EDMBrandon Davidson: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:46EDMAnton Lander: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:53EDMEric Gryba: Holding2 min
  6. P2 15:19NJDMichael Cammalleri: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 18:54NJDStephen Gionta: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 2:59NJDJacob Josefson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 4:19NJDBobby Farnham: Interference2 min
  10. P3 8:44EDMMatt Hendricks: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDEDM
20Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.9
47Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won23
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
27Hits29
19Blocked shots13
8Giveaways13
3Takeaways6

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. bestCammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique5:48

    xG 0.22–0.08 (72%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Zajac2:46

    xG 0.14–0.13 (53%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Gionta – Farnham – O'Neill6:11

    xG 0.07–0.08 (49%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Tlusty – Josefson5:01

    xG 0.16–0.23 (41%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Severson4:51

    xG 0.23–0.02 (93%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Severson9:11

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  3. Greene – Larsson9:06

    xG 0.13–0.25 (34%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Letestu – Yakupov9:16

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Purcell – Hall – Draisaitl5:44

    xG 0.19–0.07 (74%)attempts 7–2goals 2–0

  3. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins11:02

    xG 0.20–0.41 (32%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Lander – Pakarinen9:33

    xG 0.12–0.39 (24%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Klefbom10:22

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  2. Gryba – Nurse12:06

    xG 0.26–0.51 (34%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Davidson – Reinhart12:11

    xG 0.21–0.46 (31%)attempts 12–6goals 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.

EDM 2.9 xGNJD 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #850 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

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

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