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Thu, Mar 31, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

New Jersey Devils 2, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD1703115225
FLA01311829340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:30NJDMike SisloPPAssists: Devante Smith-Pelly, Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:57FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Shawn Thornton, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:13FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:52FLAAleksander BarkovGWGAssists: Jaromir Jagr · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:54NJDBlake PietilaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:42FLABrian Campbell: Interference2 min
  2. P1 4:06NJDAdam Larsson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 5:45NJDStephen Gionta: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 6:50FLAJiri Hudler: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P1 17:06NJDDamon Severson: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 9:02NJDJoseph Blandisi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 0:30FLADmitry Kulikov: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 3:13FLAQuinton Howden: Objects on ice2 min
  9. P3 4:49FLASteven Kampfer: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 17:52FLAQuinton Howden: Objects on 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDFLA
25Shots on goal40
2.0Expected goals3.4
38Shot attempts66
21Faceoffs won34
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
21Hits17
16Blocked shots5
6Giveaways12
5Takeaways5

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 – Gionta – Farnham4:06

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Smith-Pelly – Blandisi4:13

    xG 0.08–0.10 (46%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Sislo – Blandisi – Kalinin3:31

    xG 0.02–0.05 (26%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Sislo – Pietila – Kalinin4:53

    xG 0.11–0.15 (44%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Larsson16:33

    xG 0.38–0.55 (41%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

  2. Warsofsky – Moore9:33

    xG 0.22–0.49 (31%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Helgeson – Severson9:32

    xG 0.12–0.46 (21%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Huberdeau – Barkov11:43

    xG 0.51–0.27 (66%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – MacKenzie – Howden6:35

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Smith – Bjugstad7:59

    xG 0.15–0.19 (44%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Purcell – Grimaldi7:35

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad11:48

    xG 0.58–0.26 (69%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Kampfer – Kulikov12:15

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Kindl – Gudbranson12:02

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 10–6goals 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.

FLA 3.4 xGNJD 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #736 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsNJD wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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