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Sun, Mar 18, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

New Jersey Devils 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 78% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD061714217
ANA21707212436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:14ANARyan GetzlafUnassisted · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:37ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Josh Manson, Hampus Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:31NJDKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Travis Zajac, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:55ANABrandon MontourPPGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Rickard Rakell · Slap, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:05NJDPatrick MaroonAssists: Sami Vatanen, Stefan Noesen · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:51ANARickard RakellAssists: Cam Fowler, Marcus Pettersson · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:32ANAOndrej Kase: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:25ANAAdam Henrique: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:52ANABrandon Montour: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:57ANACorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:30NJDSami Vatanen: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 7:29NJDJohn Moore: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:51ANARyan Getzlaf: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 10:51NJDPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDANA
17Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals3.3
39Shot attempts67
23Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
33Hits26
14Blocked shots13
9Giveaways9
6Takeaways6

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. bestZajac – Palmieri – Hall11:56

    xG 0.77–0.42 (64%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  2. Boyle – Stafford – Wood3:37

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Coleman – Noesen10:13

    xG 0.14–0.26 (36%)attempts 3–8goals 1–1

  4. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier2:02

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lovejoy – Butcher8:32

    xG 0.08–0.27 (22%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Butcher3:36

    xG 0.02–0.38 (5%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Severson11:41

    xG 0.23–0.63 (27%)attempts 4–16goals 0–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Kase11:10

    xG 0.90–0.00 (100%)attempts 17–0goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell14:48

    xG 1.00–0.38 (72%)attempts 19–7goals 2–1

  3. Chimera – Kelly – Grant5:13

    xG 0.16–0.13 (54%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg12:16

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Montour10:52

    xG 0.94–0.06 (94%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm3:46

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  3. Lindholm – Pettersson5:06

    xG 0.36–0.20 (64%)attempts 6–4goals 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.

ANA 3.3 xGNJD 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 43/100 · #723 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 78% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

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

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