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Sat, Jan 16, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

New Jersey Devils 2, Arizona Coyotes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 91% of the time.

ARI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD180513216
ARI010015013038

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:52NJDReid BoucherGWGAssists: Lee Stempniak, Travis Zajac · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 0:18NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Joseph Blandisi, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:28NJDTravis Zajac: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:52ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Elbowing2 min
  3. P1 14:24NJDAdam Larsson: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 16:55ARIKevin Connauton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 1:12NJDJoseph Blandisi: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 1:12ARIBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 3:04NJDKyle Palmieri: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 9:49NJDKyle Palmieri: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 18:13ARIBrad Richardson: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 18:13NJDTravis Zajac: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 6:01NJDSergey Kalinin: Interference2 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDARI
16Shots on goal38
1.3Expected goals4.5
31Shot attempts96
25Faceoffs won28
2Power plays5
17Penalty minutes11
39Hits29
27Blocked shots6
3Giveaways1
3Takeaways7

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. bestHenrique – Palmieri – Blandisi7:05

    xG 0.31–0.13 (70%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Ruutu – Kennedy – Kalinin4:25

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – Zajac – Boucher5:22

    xG 0.05–0.07 (41%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Severson4:41

    xG 0.11–0.00 (98%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Schlemko – Merrill6:33

    xG 0.15–0.16 (49%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Merrill – Severson4:25

    xG 0.01–0.22 (5%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Boedker – Rieder9:16

    xG 0.65–0.25 (72%)attempts 15–3goals 0–2

  2. Hanzal – Duclair – Domi8:13

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Richardson – Martinook8:42

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Gordon – Chipchura – Downie6:03

    xG 0.10–0.11 (48%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrossmann – Stone11:42

    xG 0.83–0.19 (81%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Connauton10:41

    xG 0.42–0.10 (80%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy14:13

    xG 0.31–0.46 (40%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

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.

ARI 4.5 xGNJD 1.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1105 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 91% of the time.

ARI winsNJD wins

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

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