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Tue, Jan 26, 2016·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

New Jersey Devils 0, Pittsburgh Penguins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 59% of the time.

PIT winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0110608025
PIT1711608231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:27PITSidney CrosbyPPGWGAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Kris Letang · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:21PITPhil KesselAssists: Carl Hagelin, Derrick Pouliot · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:31PITSidney Crosby: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:48NJDKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:27PITKris Letang: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:37PITOlli Maatta: Interference2 min
  5. P3 9:27NJDLee Stempniak: Interference2 min
  6. P3 16:59PITOlli Maatta: Tripping2 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 SOG0PIT
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPIT
25Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
29Hits27
10Blocked shots11
5Giveaways4
4Takeaways5

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. bestZajac – Palmieri – Blandisi10:07

    xG 0.49–0.40 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Tootoo – Gionta – Farnham8:06

    xG 0.22–0.30 (43%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Ruutu – Josefson – Boucher7:44

    xG 0.07–0.20 (25%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique10:34

    xG 0.53–0.73 (42%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHelgeson – Severson10:19

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Severson2:03

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson17:26

    xG 0.49–0.95 (34%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Crosby – Hornqvist12:35

    xG 0.97–0.39 (71%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Fehr – Rust – Kuhnhackl8:48

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin10:48

    xG 0.44–0.45 (49%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  4. Porter – Wilson – Sheary6:52

    xG 0.19–0.42 (31%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Pouliot9:08

    xG 0.45–0.05 (90%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Pouliot2:26

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Dumoulin3:52

    xG 0.15–0.12 (55%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

PIT 2.4 xGNJD 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1223 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 59% of the time.

PIT winsNJD wins

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

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