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Mon, Jan 22, 2018·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 3, New Jersey Devils 0

Expected result

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

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1121919330
NJD011012014037

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:36DETTyler BertuzziGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:12DETDavid BoothAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Martin Frk · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P3 11:02DETDylan LarkinAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Nick Jensen · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 2:15NJDPavel Zacha: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:33DETDylan Larkin: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 8:57DETDylan Larkin: Closing hand on puck2 min
  4. P2 11:32NJDBen Lovejoy: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:46DETNick Jensen: Holding2 min
  6. P3 2:11DETHenrik Zetterberg: Holding2 min
  7. P3 12:41DETGustav Nyquist: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
30Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals2.9
49Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won36
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
11Hits13
13Blocked shots7
7Giveaways14
8Takeaways4

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha12:32

    xG 0.79–0.42 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Larkin6:54

    xG 0.53–0.30 (64%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  3. Nielsen – Booth – Tatar6:48

    xG 0.17–0.18 (48%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green14:01

    xG 0.83–0.21 (80%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – DeKeyser10:46

    xG 0.67–0.19 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Ericsson – Green2:52

    xG 0.02–0.01 (71%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Bratt – Hischier8:58

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Johansson – Zacha6:37

    xG 0.42–0.26 (61%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Zajac – Johansson3:27

    xG 0.07–0.05 (60%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Coleman – Noesen – Wood2:01

    xG 0.02–0.01 (62%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Butcher2:17

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Moore2:52

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Lovejoy2:35

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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 2.9 xGDET 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1149 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 winsDET wins

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

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