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Sun, Nov 11, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

New Jersey Devils 2, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 60% of the time.

WPG winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD113112011236
WPG21131007528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:02WPGJack RoslovicAssists: Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:31WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:15NJDBrett SeneyAssists: Jesper Bratt, Damon Severson · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:58WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P2 3:45NJDBlake ColemanAssists: Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 7:54WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P2 12:47WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Kyle Connor, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:44WPGJosh Morrissey: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:31WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:21NJDStefan Noesen: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 5:00NJDBrian Boyle: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 5:00WPGDustin Byfuglien: Charging2 min
  6. P2 5:00WPGDustin Byfuglien: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 15:39NJDBen Lovejoy: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 15:39WPGBryan Little: Slashing2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDWPG
36Shots on goal28
3.0Expected goals2.5
71Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won38
3Power plays1
6Penalty minutes10
23Hits20
11Blocked shots25
9Giveaways17
7Takeaways4

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. bestColeman – Seney – Anderson5:14

    xG 0.63–0.03 (96%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall12:28

    xG 0.92–0.68 (57%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Johansson – Coleman – Bratt5:43

    xG 0.11–0.08 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Wood – Seney – Anderson3:23

    xG 0.10–0.07 (59%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Vatanen17:19

    xG 1.12–0.70 (62%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  2. Severson – Yakovlev14:58

    xG 1.09–0.79 (58%)attempts 20–19goals 1–2

  3. Lovejoy – Vatanen2:18

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Petan – Roslovic10:14

    xG 0.47–0.11 (80%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Little – Perreault – Connor14:03

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:01

    xG 0.78–0.91 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  4. Lowry – Tanev – Laine9:40

    xG 0.05–1.02 (5%)attempts 3–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey15:38

    xG 0.76–0.50 (60%)attempts 14–18goals 2–0

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot14:07

    xG 0.93–0.69 (57%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  3. Myers – Chiarot2:15

    xG 0.14–0.02 (86%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

WPG 2.5 xGNJD 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #609 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 60% of the time.

WPG winsNJD wins

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

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