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Sat, Jan 23, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

New Jersey Devils 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 50% of the time.

WPG winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD1101214316
WPG0401019123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:41NJDLee StempniakAssists: Michael Cammalleri · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:49NJDJacob JosefsonPPGWGAssists: David Schlemko, Joseph Blandisi · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:42NJDLee StempniakAssists: Eric Gelinas, Michael Cammalleri · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P3 14:51WPGDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers · Backhand, 0.35 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 14:41WPGDrew Stafford: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P3 4:24WPGToby Enstrom: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 14:41NJDEric Gelinas: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0WPG
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Perreault won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDWPG
16Shots on goal23
2.2Expected goals2.2
41Shot attempts46
22Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
21Hits38
13Blocked shots12
9Giveaways8
3Takeaways4

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 – Henrique11:45

    xG 0.44–0.13 (77%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  2. Ruutu – Tootoo – Gionta10:07

    xG 0.22–0.18 (56%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Josefson – Boucher – Farnham9:01

    xG 0.24–0.30 (45%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Zajac – Palmieri – Blandisi10:29

    xG 0.24–0.69 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Larsson18:18

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Gelinas12:17

    xG 0.24–0.16 (59%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Gelinas – Larsson2:13

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Stafford – Ehlers9:56

    xG 0.63–0.16 (79%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  2. Ladd – Little – Armia9:05

    xG 0.27–0.05 (85%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Halischuk – Burmistrov8:40

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Armia3:45

    xG 0.02–0.01 (64%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Trouba20:47

    xG 1.30–0.31 (81%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Chiarot8:54

    xG 0.14–0.13 (51%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Myers19:13

    xG 0.16–0.64 (20%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

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.

WPG 2.2 xGNJD 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1059 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 50% of the time.

WPG winsNJD wins

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

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