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Fri, Jan 13, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

New Jersey Devils 2, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 69% of the time.

CGY winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD214012010236
CGY0711708132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:22NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Jon Merrill, Travis Zajac · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:31NJDTaylor HallPPGWGAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Karl Stollery · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:04CGYSean MonahanAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:58NJDKyle Quincey: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 2:58CGYGarnet Hathaway: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:58NJDKyle Quincey: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:45CGYDennis Wideman: Holding2 min
  5. P1 15:43NJDJacob Josefson: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 17:43CGYMichael Frolik: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 6:17CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 15:25CGYDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 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 SOG0CGY
44% to win56% to win
← NJD attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCGY
36Shots on goal32
3.6Expected goals2.5
61Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won31
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
11Hits17
15Blocked shots14
11Giveaways14
17Takeaways6

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 – Henrique – Hall8:26

    xG 0.74–0.07 (91%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Josefson – Bennett – Zacha7:55

    xG 0.96–0.38 (72%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Parenteau – Henrique2:11

    xG 0.27–0.03 (89%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Smith-Pelly – Coleman – Wood8:39

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStollery – Santini10:53

    xG 1.09–0.06 (95%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Severson14:46

    xG 1.00–0.95 (51%)attempts 16–20goals 0–1

  3. Lovejoy – Merrill15:56

    xG 0.45–0.78 (37%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Gaudreau – Bennett9:46

    xG 0.61–0.27 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Bouma – Hathaway5:40

    xG 0.25–0.02 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Versteeg – Brouwer – Monahan9:17

    xG 0.50–0.62 (44%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk12:22

    xG 0.44–0.93 (32%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton15:45

    xG 1.20–0.97 (55%)attempts 18–19goals 1–1

  2. Wideman – Brodie16:44

    xG 0.35–0.72 (32%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Jokipakka11:07

    xG 0.34–1.13 (23%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

CGY 2.5 xGNJD 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #961 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 69% of the time.

CGY winsNJD wins

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

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