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Tue, Jan 31, 2017·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

New Jersey Devils 4, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

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

DET winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD2911015424
DET07111212330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:28NJDStefan NoesenAssists: Pavel Zacha, Jacob Josefson · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:21NJDKyle PalmieriSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:03DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Anthony Mantha · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:26NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Taylor Hall, Ben Lovejoy · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:30NJDAdam HenriqueSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–1
  6. P3 11:49DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Darren Helm · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 15:18DETNick JensenAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Xavier Ouellet · Backhand, 0.04 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:09NJDPavel Zacha: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:27DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:17NJDVernon Fiddler: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:01NJDKyle Quincey: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 10:18NJDStefan Noesen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:44NJDKyle Palmieri: Interference2 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 SOG0DET
44% to win56% to win
← NJD attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDDET
24Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals2.6
38Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won30
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
23Hits24
16Blocked shots7
6Giveaways9
5Takeaways3

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. bestJosefson – Noesen – Zacha8:59

    xG 0.45–0.15 (75%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

  2. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall10:24

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Parenteau – Fiddler – Smith-Pelly5:25

    xG 0.11–0.03 (80%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Henrique – Wood11:58

    xG 0.18–0.47 (28%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Severson15:52

    xG 0.46–0.28 (62%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Stollery – Santini13:41

    xG 0.56–0.49 (53%)attempts 8–17goals 1–2

  3. Lovejoy – Merrill14:16

    xG 0.22–0.20 (53%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha9:20

    xG 0.48–0.25 (65%)attempts 14–3goals 2–0

  2. Abdelkader – Sheahan – Glendening6:57

    xG 0.14–0.13 (54%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Abdelkader – Sheahan – Athanasiou2:26

    xG 0.01–0.01 (32%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Tatar – Larkin9:46

    xG 0.09–0.26 (26%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Ouellet14:18

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Ericsson – Jensen3:09

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Green – DeKeyser16:24

    xG 0.27–0.53 (33%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

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.

DET 2.6 xGNJD 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #328 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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.

DET winsNJD wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).