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Sat, Mar 11, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

New Jersey Devils 4, Arizona Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 59% of the time.

ARI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD01121128430
ARI3811419531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:27ARIRadim VrbataAssists: Max Domi, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:53ARITobias RiederAssists: Jordan Martinook · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:25ARIJakob ChychrunPPAssists: Tobias Rieder, Jordan Martinook · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:59ARIBrendan PerliniPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–4
  5. P2 5:47NJDKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Joseph Blandisi · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P2 12:09NJDBeau BennettAssists: Damon Severson · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 0:17NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Damon Severson, Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 13:31ARITony DeAngeloGWGAssists: Jamie McGinn, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–5
  9. P3 15:02NJDJohn MooreAssists: Pavel Zacha, Miles Wood · Backhand, 0.02 xG4–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:45ARIJosh Jooris: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 7:45NJDBlake Pietila: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:24ARIMax Domi: Interference2 min
  4. P1 15:24NJDJoseph Blandisi: Holding2 min
  5. P1 16:24ARIRadim Vrbata: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 16:40NJDTaylor Hall: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 2:11NJDAndy Greene: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P2 4:36ARIMike Smith: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min · PPG
  9. P2 17:43NJDStefan Noesen: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 17:43ARIJosh Jooris: 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 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← NJD attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Martinook won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDARI
30Shots on goal31
2.0Expected goals1.4
57Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won44
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
23Hits21
8Blocked shots17
2Giveaways2
4Takeaways10

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. bestWood – Zacha – Lappin6:30

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Bennett – Noesen – Blandisi9:51

    xG 0.17–0.19 (48%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Palmieri – Hall10:37

    xG 0.30–0.32 (48%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  4. Pietila – Coleman – Rooney7:37

    xG 0.02–0.21 (10%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Merrill15:04

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

  2. Moore – Severson14:57

    xG 0.40–0.20 (67%)attempts 19–8goals 3–0

  3. Greene – Santini12:09

    xG 0.25–0.54 (32%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Holland – Duclair8:27

    xG 0.31–0.05 (86%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Doan – Jooris – Crouse9:22

    xG 0.30–0.25 (54%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Rieder – Martinook – Perlini11:09

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

  4. Vrbata – Domi – Dvorak9:57

    xG 0.09–0.55 (14%)attempts 4–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Ekman-Larsson12:23

    xG 0.42–0.25 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 0–2

  2. DeAngelo – Chychrun13:53

    xG 0.25–0.33 (44%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Murphy17:18

    xG 0.25–0.62 (29%)attempts 8–26goals 2–1

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.

ARI 1.4 xGNJD 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 87/100 · #133 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 59% of the time.

ARI winsNJD wins

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

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