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Tue, Nov 15, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New Jersey Devils 2, Dallas Stars 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 53% of the time.

DAL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD180160811233
DAL19070800124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:40NJDDamon SeversonAssists: PA Parenteau, Beau Bennett · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:33DALPatrick EavesAssists: Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:44NJDAdam HenriqueGWGAssists: Kyle Palmieri · Snap, 0.22 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:56NJDPA Parenteau: Interference2 min
  2. P3 2:05DALStephen Johns: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 15:13NJDTravis Zajac: Boarding2 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 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← NJD attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDDAL
33Shots on goal24
2.2Expected goals2.0
72Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
10Hits22
17Blocked shots27
12Giveaways9
0Takeaways1

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. bestParenteau – Zajac – Bennett14:22

    xG 0.76–0.45 (63%)attempts 25–11goals 1–1

  2. Henrique – Palmieri – Zacha12:50

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Fiddler – Kalinin – Lappin12:07

    xG 0.55–0.53 (51%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  4. Josefson – Smith-Pelly – Boucher8:21

    xG 0.10–0.18 (35%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson16:54

    xG 0.98–0.34 (74%)attempts 25–15goals 1–0

  2. Lovejoy – Moore2:13

    xG 0.14–0.08 (63%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Auvitu12:03

    xG 0.42–0.54 (44%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCracknell – McKenzie – Ritchie6:50

    xG 0.44–0.30 (59%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Shore – Smith8:42

    xG 0.26–0.16 (62%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Cracknell – McKenzie – Smith2:02

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Korpikoski – Shore3:57

    xG 0.08–0.17 (32%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Nemeth14:52

    xG 0.71–0.66 (52%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Johns17:21

    xG 0.24–0.21 (54%)attempts 10–18goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Klingberg15:11

    xG 0.29–0.92 (24%)attempts 17–22goals 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.

DAL 2.0 xGNJD 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #743 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +14 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 53% of the time.

DAL winsNJD wins

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

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