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Fri, Dec 11, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 2, New Jersey Devils 3 (OT)

Expected result

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

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET0102100504229
NJD0100172912338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:51DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:08DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Brad Richards, Mike Green · Snap, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:40NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Jordin Tootoo, Stephen Gionta · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:40NJDSergey KalininPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Jordin Tootoo · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:20NJDKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Lee Stempniak · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:16DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:05NJDJoseph Blandisi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 19:51DETHenrik Zetterberg: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  4. P2 8:40NJDBrian O'Neill: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:19NJDPatrik Elias: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:25DETAlexey Marchenko: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:59DETHenrik Zetterberg: Hooking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
29Shots on goal38
3.6Expected goals4.2
41Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won20
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
12Hits12
9Blocked shots4
5Giveaways4
3Takeaways8

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Tatar – Sheahan9:42

    xG 0.41–0.23 (65%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Andersson – Jurco – Glendening4:32

    xG 0.31–0.21 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin13:16

    xG 0.22–0.37 (37%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Datsyuk – Helm10:57

    xG 0.47–0.84 (36%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – DeKeyser16:59

    xG 0.87–0.71 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Marchenko13:24

    xG 0.67–0.52 (56%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Green11:32

    xG 0.04–1.14 (4%)attempts 2–18goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTlusty – Palmieri – Blandisi6:43

    xG 0.70–0.56 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Elias – Kennedy – Kalinin9:36

    xG 0.38–0.29 (56%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Josefson9:02

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Tootoo – Gionta2:12

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Gelinas8:36

    xG 1.12–0.21 (84%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Severson14:54

    xG 1.32–0.58 (70%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Schlemko2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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.

NJD 4.2 xGDET 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #232 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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.

NJD winsDET wins

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

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