Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sun, Jan 15, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New Jersey Devils 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD07180611222
VAN08150702122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:31VANLoui ErikssonAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:57NJDKyle QuinceyAssists: Damon Severson, Beau Bennett · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:28NJDTaylor HallGWGAssists: Travis Zajac · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:07NJDKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:54NJDJon Merrill: Holding2 min
  3. P3 6:12VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 12:09NJDBlake Coleman: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 18:22NJDKarl Stollery: Embellishment2 min
  6. P3 18:22VANAlexander Edler: 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 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← NJD attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDVAN
22Shots on goal22
1.3Expected goals1.8
36Shot attempts40
25Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
29Hits21
9Blocked shots7
3Giveaways5
6Takeaways7

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 – Palmieri11:06

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Josefson – Bennett – Zacha8:48

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Smith-Pelly – Coleman – Wood5:38

    xG 0.08–0.08 (48%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Henrique – Hall11:13

    xG 0.11–0.23 (33%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStollery – Santini12:25

    xG 0.35–0.12 (74%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  2. Quincey – Severson14:43

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Lovejoy – Merrill17:57

    xG 0.22–0.43 (34%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSutter – Granlund – Megna9:31

    xG 0.29–0.03 (92%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson11:18

    xG 0.26–0.21 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Burrows – Baertschi – Horvat10:56

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Skille – Chaput – Gaunce7:31

    xG 0.02–0.32 (6%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Stecher15:17

    xG 0.45–0.26 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  2. Sbisa – Tanev16:56

    xG 0.16–0.41 (28%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Tryamkin13:13

    xG 0.11–0.40 (21%)attempts 5–12goals 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.

VAN 1.8 xGNJD 1.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #609 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsNJD wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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