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Tue, Dec 20, 2016·Prudential Center, Newark

Nashville Predators 5, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 51% of the time.

NJD winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH210112210532
NJD0110918128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:43NSHJames NealAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Mattias Ekholm · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:15NSHJames NealGWGAssists: Roman Josi, Viktor Arvidsson · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:55NSHMattias EkholmAssists: Craig Smith · Slap, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P3 8:12NSHFilip ForsbergPPAssists: Roman Josi, Ryan Johansen · Snap, 0.05 xG4–0
  5. P3 13:40NSHRyan JohansenSHAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Ryan Ellis · Tip-in, 0.18 xG5–0
  6. P3 14:11NJDSergey KalininAssists: Andy Greene, Damon Severson · Tip-in, 0.02 xG5–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 16:04NSHColton Sissons: High sticking2 min
  2. P3 6:34NJDNick Lappin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 12:07NSHAdam Pardy: Hooking2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHNJD
32Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals1.7
44Shot attempts43
30Faceoffs won26
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
23Hits18
6Blocked shots8
1Giveaways14
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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Forsberg – Fiala13:02

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Neal – Arvidsson11:10

    xG 0.42–0.25 (62%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  3. Ribeiro – Wilson – Smith10:55

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Watson – Sissons9:14

    xG 0.00–0.41 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Irwin19:56

    xG 0.77–0.40 (66%)attempts 19–10goals 2–0

  2. Pardy – Weber11:53

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ellis18:53

    xG 0.55–0.59 (48%)attempts 17–17goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Bennett – Zacha12:01

    xG 0.49–0.13 (79%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Fiddler – Kalinin – Lappin6:21

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 1–1

  3. Henrique – Hall – Lappin4:27

    xG 0.08–0.05 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Zajac – Hall6:54

    xG 0.15–0.18 (46%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson4:12

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Lovejoy13:21

    xG 0.45–0.34 (57%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Moore13:16

    xG 0.39–0.42 (48%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

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 1.7 xGNSH 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1036 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Nashville Predators win this game 51% of the time.

NJD winsNSH wins

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

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