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Sat, Apr 8, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark

New York Islanders 4, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 67% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0421026420
NJD014011214239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:48NYIAdam PelechAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:23NYIAnders LeeAssists: Nick Leddy, Anthony Beauvillier · Slap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:52NYIJason ChimeraGWGAssists: Alan Quine, Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:00NJDBeau BennettUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:11NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Josh Bailey, Nick Leddy · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:57NJDBeau BennettAssists: Dalton Prout, Miles Wood · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:37NJDDamon Severson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:33NJDJohn Moore: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:03NYIJoshua Ho-Sang: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 4:18NJDTravis Zajac: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 7:59NYIBrock Nelson: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:28NJDMiles Wood: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:27NYIAdam Pelech: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Quine
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINJD
20Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals2.8
38Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
35Hits25
17Blocked shots10
5Giveaways7
8Takeaways6

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Ladd – Quine7:23

    xG 0.59–0.39 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Gionta – Clutterbuck – Kulemin6:59

    xG 0.22–0.40 (35%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Lee – Ho-Sang – Beauvillier8:12

    xG 0.13–0.54 (19%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy6:55

    xG 0.17–0.04 (83%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech7:26

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan14:48

    xG 0.63–1.47 (30%)attempts 7–24goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Henrique – Palmieri9:30

    xG 0.77–0.28 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Hall – Zacha9:14

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 17–4goals 0–1

  3. Bennett – Coleman – Wood2:05

    xG 0.12–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Josefson – Bennett – Noesen4:12

    xG 0.08–0.03 (72%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Lovejoy6:39

    xG 0.47–0.01 (97%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Prout – Merrill3:49

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  3. Prout – Moore5:12

    xG 0.25–0.05 (83%)attempts 5–3goals 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.

NJD 2.8 xGNYI 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 41/100 · #678 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NJD 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 67% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

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

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