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Sat, Oct 28, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark

Arizona Coyotes 3, New Jersey Devils 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 53% of the time.

NJD winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI19213015337
NJD1101926425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:37ARIChristian FischerPPAssists: Christian Dvorak, Jason Demers · Snap, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:55NJDBrian GibbonsUnassisted · Backhand, 0.35 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:09NJDTaylor HallAssists: Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:57ARIBrendan PerliniAssists: Alex Goligoski, Mario Kempe · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:13ARIClayton KellerUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:30NJDTaylor HallPPAssists: Adam Henrique, Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:47NJDJesper BrattPPGWGAssists: Taylor Hall, Will Butcher · Snap, 0.08 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:04NJDJesper Bratt: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:44NJDPavel Zacha: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 11:55ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P1 15:28NJDPavel Zacha: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 18:33NJDDrew Stafford: Interference2 min
  6. P3 4:19ARIMax Domi: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:54NJDBrian Gibbons: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 15:26ARIChristian Fischer: Roughing2 min · PPG

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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINJD
37Shots on goal25
2.9Expected goals3.0
63Shot attempts42
39Faceoffs won34
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
10Hits14
9Blocked shots15
2Giveaways4
5Takeaways10

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Martinook – Fischer11:13

    xG 0.67–0.24 (74%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Stepan – Rieder – Keller7:30

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Kempe – Rinaldo – Rieder4:11

    xG 0.11–0.09 (54%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Domi – Keller3:46

    xG 0.11–0.12 (47%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson13:30

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Connauton10:46

    xG 0.23–0.42 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson19:16

    xG 0.57–0.83 (41%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestColeman – Noesen – Wood3:07

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Henrique – Gibbons2:48

    xG 0.02–0.09 (16%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Gibbons – Zacha4:26

    xG 0.04–0.18 (19%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Stafford – Hall – Hischier9:55

    xG 0.10–0.34 (23%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Butcher5:16

    xG 0.54–0.22 (71%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Prout – Butcher7:46

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

  3. Lovejoy – Mueller2:10

    xG 0.07–0.02 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 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 3.0 xGARI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #285 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 53% of the time.

NJD winsARI wins

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

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