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Thu, Jan 12, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New Jersey Devils 2, Edmonton Oilers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 88% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD16170501219
EDM091911214334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:06NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Michael Cammalleri · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:16EDMAndrej SekeraAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Adam Larsson · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:09NJDSteven SantiniAssists: Taylor Hall, PA Parenteau · Tip-in, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:36EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:50EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Slap, 0.25 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:28NJDMichael Cammalleri: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:31NJDDamon Severson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:55EDMMark Letestu: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 0:00EDMKris Russell: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 0:00NJDKyle Palmieri: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:11EDMAdam Larsson: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 14:00EDMZack Kassian: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 2:45NJDTaylor Hall: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P3 2:45EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 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 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← NJD attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDEDM
19Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals4.2
41Shot attempts70
28Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
27Hits23
16Blocked shots17
12Giveaways11
10Takeaways11

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. bestCammalleri – Zajac – Palmieri9:33

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Cammalleri – Palmieri – Coleman2:14

    xG 0.01–0.18 (3%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Smith-Pelly – Coleman – Lappin2:35

    xG 0.06–0.38 (13%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Bennett – Wood – Kalinin4:42

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lovejoy – Santini2:16

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Severson13:36

    xG 0.52–0.63 (45%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Stollery – Santini10:23

    xG 0.44–0.61 (42%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Draisaitl – McDavid14:59

    xG 1.08–0.43 (71%)attempts 15–8goals 2–1

  2. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins10:02

    xG 0.53–0.12 (81%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Slepyshev – Caggiula9:49

    xG 0.53–0.15 (78%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  4. Letestu – Kassian – Khaira5:50

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Russell13:31

    xG 0.72–0.11 (87%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Larsson2:13

    xG 0.57–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom3:32

    xG 0.19–0.03 (87%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

EDM 4.2 xGNJD 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #462 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 88% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

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

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