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Sat, Dec 2, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

New Jersey Devils 0, Arizona Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

ARI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0801504027
ARI2141429527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:34ARIJason DemersGWGAssists: Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:35ARIDerek StepanAssists: Tobias Rieder, Kevin Connauton · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:08ARIJordan MartinookAssists: Zac Rinaldo, Kevin Connauton · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 12:05ARIAlex GoligoskiAssists: Anthony Duclair, Christian Fischer · Slap, 0.08 xG0–4
  5. P3 13:36ARIDylan StromeAssists: Christian Fischer, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:05ARIBrendan Perlini: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:48NJDTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:54ARIMax Domi: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 8:34ARIDerek Stepan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 8:17NJDJohn Moore: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDARI
27Shots on goal27
1.8Expected goals2.0
70Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
26Hits28
15Blocked shots26
4Giveaways4
1Takeaways5

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. bestGibbons – Coleman – Noesen8:42

    xG 0.37–0.10 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Hayes – Wood10:28

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 20–9goals 0–2

  3. Johansson – Bratt – Hischier5:56

    xG 0.06–0.09 (38%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Stafford – Zajac – Johansson4:17

    xG 0.02–0.11 (14%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Moore2:28

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Butcher10:46

    xG 0.45–0.52 (47%)attempts 19–9goals 0–1

  3. Greene – Vatanen12:07

    xG 0.25–0.47 (34%)attempts 12–14goals 0–2

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Fischer – Strome5:43

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Richardson – Rinaldo – Martinook9:30

    xG 0.41–0.28 (60%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Stepan – Rieder – Perlini11:29

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Domi – Dvorak – Keller10:27

    xG 0.32–0.49 (39%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson14:58

    xG 0.56–0.14 (79%)attempts 16–13goals 2–0

  2. Connauton – Hanley10:26

    xG 0.53–0.30 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  3. Schenn – Connauton2:20

    xG 0.13–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

ARI 2.0 xGNJD 1.8 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 3/100 · #1225 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% 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).