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Fri, Nov 3, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New Jersey Devils 3, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 85% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD1161919334
EDM210220212642

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:40EDMDrake CaggiulaPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Mark Letestu · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:55EDMRyan StromeAssists: Drake Caggiula, Adam Larsson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:00NJDTaylor HallAssists: Miles Wood · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:02NJDJesper BrattAssists: Nico Hischier, Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:03EDMOscar KlefbomAssists: Patrick Maroon, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:56EDMMilan LucicGWGAssists: Anton Slepyshev, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.23 xG2–4
  7. P3 13:18EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Matt Benning · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–5
  8. P3 14:25NJDBrian GibbonsAssists: Will Butcher, Drew Stafford · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:08EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.74 xG3–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 4:49NJDDalton Prout: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:19EDMMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 6:19NJDDalton Prout: Fighting5 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDEDM
34Shots on goal42
2.5Expected goals5.1
66Shot attempts76
22Faceoffs won44
0Power plays1
7Penalty minutes5
29Hits47
14Blocked shots24
13Giveaways23
6Takeaways11

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. Stafford – Hall – Hischier3:05

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Gibbons – Bratt3:24

    xG 0.18–0.16 (54%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Hall – Zacha7:26

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Hall – Bratt – Hischier3:49

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Mueller4:31

    xG 0.48–0.18 (73%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  2. Butcher – Mueller8:30

    xG 0.33–0.11 (76%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Severson3:47

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Slepyshev13:10

    xG 1.22–0.62 (66%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  2. Maroon – Draisaitl – McDavid17:54

    xG 1.38–0.80 (63%)attempts 23–16goals 2–1

  3. Jokinen – Strome – Caggiula11:21

    xG 0.44–0.29 (61%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  4. Letestu – Kassian – Pakarinen5:22

    xG 0.53–0.54 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse21:48

    xG 1.49–0.69 (68%)attempts 32–19goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Gryba16:24

    xG 0.97–0.54 (64%)attempts 14–21goals 1–1

  3. Klefbom – Benning18:35

    xG 1.37–1.23 (53%)attempts 20–23goals 1–2

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.

EDM 5.1 xGNJD 2.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #252 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 85% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

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

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