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Sat, Oct 22, 2016·Prudential Center, Newark

Minnesota Wild 1, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 53% of the time.

NJD winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN031180800129
NJD0901111111232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:00MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Jason Zucker · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:56NJDPA ParenteauAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Travis Zajac · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:29NJDTaylor HallGWGAssists: Adam Henrique · Snap, 0.19 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:56NJDMichael Cammalleri: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 13:28MINJonas Brodin: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:30NJDKyle Quincey: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:25MINNino Niederreiter: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 14:27NJDKyle Quincey: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 14:07MINEric Staal: Slashing2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← MIN attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dalpe won the faceoff against Zacha
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINNJD
29Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals1.9
41Shot attempts41
30Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits27
4Blocked shots7
2Giveaways12
4Takeaways4

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZucker – Pulkkinen – Eriksson Ek6:35

    xG 0.48–0.09 (84%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Stewart – Granlund10:41

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Dalpe – Niederreiter8:39

    xG 0.15–0.24 (38%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Parise – Coyle13:18

    xG 0.25–0.55 (32%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Folin10:30

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  2. Scandella – Prosser9:46

    xG 0.15–0.21 (41%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Suter – Dumba18:07

    xG 0.33–0.45 (42%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Henrique – Bennett3:53

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Zajac – Speers4:34

    xG 0.18–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Hall – Zacha10:49

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Parenteau – Zajac5:13

    xG 0.17–0.21 (45%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Auvitu8:54

    xG 0.18–0.08 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – Moore12:40

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Auvitu2:04

    xG 0.01–0.01 (54%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

NJD 1.9 xGMIN 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #589 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 53% of the time.

NJD winsMIN wins

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

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