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Tue, Nov 6, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New Jersey Devils 3, Ottawa Senators 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 73% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD21409116339
OTT216310216742

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:14NJDTaylor HallAssists: Nico Hischier, Andy Greene · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:20NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Ben Lovejoy, Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:05OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Bobby Ryan, Chris Tierney · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 12:58OTTMark StoneAssists: Matt Duchene, Ryan Dzingel · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:27OTTColin WhiteAssists: Mark Stone, Nick Paul · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 7:35OTTMark StoneGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–4
  7. P2 17:44OTTColin WhitePPAssists: Mark Stone, Thomas Chabot · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–5
  8. P3 10:11OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.00 xG2–6
  9. P3 14:13NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Blake Coleman, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–6
  10. P3 18:01OTTMagnus PaajarviENAssists: Chris Tierney, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.69 xG3–7
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:51NJDMiles Wood: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:26NJDBlake Coleman: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 16:37NJDMiles Wood: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 2:40OTTColin White: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 11:37NJDBlake Coleman: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 15:45OTTMatt Duchene: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against White
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDOTT
39Shots on goal42
2.8Expected goals4.2
63Shot attempts76
35Faceoffs won38
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
27Hits14
14Blocked shots15
8Giveaways12
4Takeaways9

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. bestPalmieri – Hall – Hischier12:43

    xG 1.21–0.38 (76%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Coleman – Dea – Anderson2:03

    xG 0.04–0.01 (82%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Johansson – Wood5:15

    xG 0.37–0.50 (43%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  4. Zajac – Johansson – Anderson3:52

    xG 0.12–0.25 (32%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson10:20

    xG 0.43–0.25 (63%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Lovejoy4:25

    xG 0.22–0.09 (70%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Butcher7:51

    xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 7–14goals 1–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Stone – Dzingel12:31

    xG 0.90–0.50 (64%)attempts 22–12goals 3–0

  2. Paajarvi – Paul – White3:48

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Boedker – Tierney11:50

    xG 0.47–0.52 (47%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  4. Pyatt – Paajarvi – White2:48

    xG 0.02–0.47 (3%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Jaros6:31

    xG 0.54–0.07 (88%)attempts 14–2goals 2–0

  2. DeMelo – Chabot7:36

    xG 0.62–0.36 (63%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  3. Wideman – Chabot5:32

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 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.

OTT 4.2 xGNJD 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #313 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50OTT 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 73% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

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

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