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Thu, Mar 9, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver

New Jersey Devils 2, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD03013211227
COL01012210322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:11COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Tyson Barrie, Calvin Pickard · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:42NJDTaylor HallAssists: Ben Lovejoy · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:05COLRene BourqueAssists: Sven Andrighetto · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:13NJDStefan NoesenAssists: Beau Bennett, Joseph Blandisi · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:46COLFrancois BeaucheminGWGAssists: Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:53NJDDalton Prout: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 7:32NJDDalton Prout: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 4:24COLRene Bourque: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 9:25NJDJoseph Blandisi: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
44% to win56% to win
← NJD attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCOL
27Shots on goal22
1.8Expected goals1.7
54Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won37
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
11Hits11
14Blocked shots12
3Giveaways6
5Takeaways8

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. bestZajac – Palmieri – Hall11:33

    xG 0.49–0.16 (75%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Bennett – Noesen – Blandisi10:31

    xG 0.33–0.06 (85%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  3. Coleman – Zacha – Lappin3:55

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Coleman – Wood – Lappin2:30

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Merrill15:50

    xG 0.87–0.27 (76%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Moore – Severson15:34

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  3. Prout – Santini11:12

    xG 0.26–0.34 (44%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestBourque – Landeskog – MacKinnon12:45

    xG 0.50–0.30 (63%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Andrighetto – Compher – Rantanen2:18

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Comeau – Nieto4:45

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  4. Mitchell – Comeau – Compher6:51

    xG 0.09–0.12 (41%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Johnson3:12

    xG 0.16–0.08 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Barberio13:40

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Wiercioch12:22

    xG 0.30–0.42 (42%)attempts 9–15goals 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.

COL 1.7 xGNJD 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #298 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 51% of the time.

COL winsNJD wins

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

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