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Mon, Mar 14, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

New Jersey Devils 1, Anaheim Ducks 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0121607125
ANA0641536727

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:32ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Ryan Kesler · Tip-in, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:09NJDDevante Smith-PellyAssists: Tyler Kennedy, John Moore · Slap, 0.33 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:44ANARyan KeslerGWGAssists: Josh Manson, Andrew Cogliano · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:30ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Josh Manson, Clayton Stoner · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:56ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Ryan Kesler, Andrew Cogliano · Slap, 0.18 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:20ANACorey PerryAssists: Korbinian Holzer, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
  7. P3 6:16ANANick RitchieAssists: Korbinian Holzer, Shawn Horcoff · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–6
  8. P3 7:13ANAJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Simon Despres · Slap, 0.00 xG1–7
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:49ANAAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:04ANARyan Garbutt: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 6:05NJDKyle Palmieri: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:44ANAHampus Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:51NJDAndy Greene: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:20NJDStephen Gionta: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  7. P3 19:54ANANick Ritchie: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDANA
25Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals2.6
47Shot attempts48
17Faceoffs won42
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits24
9Blocked shots11
10Giveaways11
5Takeaways4

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. bestKennedy – Henrique – Smith-Pelly11:31

    xG 0.65–0.38 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Ruutu – Gionta – Farnham7:38

    xG 0.11–0.35 (24%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  3. Sislo – Blandisi – Kalinin12:13

    xG 0.27–0.56 (32%)attempts 7–13goals 0–2

  4. Zajac – Palmieri – Boucher11:28

    xG 0.39–0.77 (34%)attempts 11–11goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. Schlemko – Moore17:32

    xG 0.56–0.63 (47%)attempts 17–18goals 0–3

  2. Warsofsky – Helgeson13:51

    xG 0.40–0.65 (38%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson15:55

    xG 0.40–0.91 (31%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg12:00

    xG 0.87–0.36 (70%)attempts 14–11goals 4–0

  2. Horcoff – Garbutt – Ritchie11:36

    xG 0.48–0.16 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Perry – McGinn – Rakell12:52

    xG 0.34–0.46 (43%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  4. Getzlaf – Santorelli – Perron10:55

    xG 0.34–0.62 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDespres – Fowler15:59

    xG 1.19–0.56 (68%)attempts 19–14goals 2–0

  2. Holzer – Lindholm14:22

    xG 0.49–0.42 (54%)attempts 10–13goals 2–0

  3. Stoner – Manson16:35

    xG 0.65–0.61 (52%)attempts 15–8goals 2–1

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.

ANA 2.6 xGNJD 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #888 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

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

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