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Fri, Nov 25, 2016·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 5, New Jersey Devils 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET2121101813533
NJD152101400419

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:01NJDJohn MooreAssists: Travis Zajac, Kyle Palmieri · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:23DETFrans NielsenSHAssists: Justin Abdelkader · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:41DETFrans NielsenAssists: Riley Sheahan, Justin Abdelkader · Tip-in, 0.36 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:06NJDMichael CammalleriAssists: Travis Zajac · Snap, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:56NJDPavel ZachaPPAssists: Beau Bennett, Michael Cammalleri · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:58DETDylan LarkinAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Henrik Zetterberg · Snap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 0:43DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Snap, 0.04 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:49NJDAdam HenriqueAssists: Kyle Quincey, John Moore · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. OT 3:18DETMike GreenGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen, Anthony Mantha · Snap, 0.06 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:28DETRiley Sheahan: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 16:07NJDMichael Cammalleri: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:26DETJonathan Ericsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:44DETLuke Glendening: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 9:51DETSteve Ott: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 13:50NJDYohann Auvitu: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 18:42NJDKyle Palmieri: High sticking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
33Shots on goal19
3.3Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won29
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
15Hits13
9Blocked shots10
2Giveaways11
7Takeaways11

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Abdelkader – Glendening7:29

    xG 0.65–0.27 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Ott – Sheahan – Bertuzzi4:10

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Tatar – Mantha10:41

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Sheahan2:14

    xG 0.08–0.06 (57%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser17:08

    xG 0.90–0.47 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  2. Ericsson – Green2:08

    xG 0.46–0.04 (93%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith9:34

    xG 0.53–0.16 (76%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Zajac – Palmieri9:49

    xG 0.52–0.41 (56%)attempts 6–10goals 2–1

  2. Josefson – Bennett – Zacha3:53

    xG 0.05–0.04 (56%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Zajac – Lappin2:59

    xG 0.05–0.05 (47%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Henrique – Lappin4:34

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson9:35

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Lovejoy5:20

    xG 0.14–0.03 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Lovejoy2:07

    xG 0.02–0.00 (82%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

NJD 2.4 xGDET 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 98/100 · #22 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.08 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

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

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