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Sat, Nov 28, 2015·Centre Bell, Montreal

New Jersey Devils 3, Montréal Canadiens 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 58% of the time.

MTL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD0501221212331
MTL0101811202232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:06MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Nathan Beaulieu, Lars Eller · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:50MTLAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:01NJDPatrik EliasAssists: Adam Larsson, Travis Zajac · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:38NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: John Moore, Adam Henrique · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:31NJDJohn MooreGWGAssists: Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.38 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:55MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Holding2 min
  2. P1 16:04NJDTravis Zajac: Holding2 min
  3. P2 14:47MTLMax Pacioretty: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 8:41NJDPatrik Elias: Interference2 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 SOG0MTL
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDMTL
31Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals2.2
55Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won43
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits29
18Blocked shots14
18Giveaways18
4Takeaways7

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 – Henrique14:34

    xG 0.74–0.40 (65%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Kennedy – Gionta – Farnham5:42

    xG 0.32–0.09 (79%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Elias – Tootoo – Josefson6:59

    xG 0.30–0.13 (69%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Elias – Zajac – Palmieri2:44

    xG 0.08–0.02 (77%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGelinas – Merrill11:52

    xG 0.65–0.23 (74%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Larsson16:44

    xG 0.46–0.25 (64%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Merrill – Larsson2:45

    xG 0.06–0.02 (75%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestByron – Thomas – Flynn6:15

    xG 0.23–0.07 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Eller – Galchenyuk – Andrighetto12:50

    xG 0.49–0.47 (51%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Fleischmann – Desharnais – Weise13:25

    xG 0.46–0.56 (45%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Pacioretty – Smith-Pelly12:28

    xG 0.11–0.51 (18%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Beaulieu16:18

    xG 0.72–0.61 (54%)attempts 21–15goals 1–0

  2. Markov – Subban18:08

    xG 0.47–0.66 (41%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Pateryn12:29

    xG 0.19–0.49 (28%)attempts 11–12goals 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.

MTL 2.2 xGNJD 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #296 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 58% of the time.

MTL winsNJD wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).