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Wed, Dec 30, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New Jersey Devils 3, Ottawa Senators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD2100615321
OTT08015013036

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:11NJDMichael CammalleriPPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:08NJDMichael CammalleriAssists: Travis Zajac · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:44NJDLee StempniakENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.50 xG3–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:51OTTChris Wideman: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:19OTTKyle Turris: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:30OTTChris Neil: Charging2 min
  4. P1 16:49OTTMax McCormick: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:49NJDBobby Farnham: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 18:45NJDAndy Greene: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 2:30NJDDamon Severson: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 14:13NJDBobby Farnham: Embellishment2 min
  9. P3 15:14OTTAndrew Hammond: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 18:48NJDJohn Moore: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDOTT
21Shots on goal36
1.9Expected goals2.6
32Shot attempts76
16Faceoffs won23
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
15Hits29
24Blocked shots4
9Giveaways11
7Takeaways10

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. bestSislo – Matteau – Kalinin6:47

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Zajac – Palmieri9:42

    xG 0.27–0.40 (40%)attempts 5–15goals 1–0

  3. Tootoo – Gionta – Farnham7:27

    xG 0.03–0.18 (12%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Tlusty – Henrique6:13

    xG 0.02–0.18 (10%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Larsson8:57

    xG 0.46–0.23 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Merrill – Severson11:45

    xG 0.49–0.48 (50%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson3:40

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Smith – Pageau4:47

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Prince – Lazar3:54

    xG 0.19–0.01 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Turris – Hoffman – Stone4:53

    xG 0.19–0.15 (56%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Smith – Stone2:45

    xG 0.06–0.02 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Borowiecki7:15

    xG 0.59–0.04 (94%)attempts 16–1goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Claesson11:32

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Wiercioch5:37

    xG 0.14–0.11 (57%)attempts 8–1goals 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.

OTT 2.6 xGNJD 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1114 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

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

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