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Sat, Nov 17, 2018·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 72% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET041111916330
NJD1151901402240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:35NJDPavel ZachaAssists: Jesper Bratt · Slap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:53NJDBlake ColemanSHAssists: Damon Severson, Andy Greene · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:26DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Dennis Cholowski, Tyler Bertuzzi · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:37DETMichael RasmussenAssists: Mike Green, Tyler Bertuzzi · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:09DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Anthony Mantha · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 0:34DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 0:34NJDDamon Severson: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 8:03NJDKyle Palmieri: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 8:03DETGustav Nyquist: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 8:03NJDKyle Palmieri: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 15:42NJDBen Lovejoy: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
30Shots on goal40
2.4Expected goals3.8
55Shot attempts73
33Faceoffs won26
2Power plays0
4Penalty minutes8
21Hits15
16Blocked shots13
10Giveaways6
4Takeaways11

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. bestGlendening – Bertuzzi – Rasmussen5:07

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Frk – de la Rose – Rasmussen2:08

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – Glendening – Bertuzzi5:41

    xG 0.03–0.37 (8%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – Mantha – Larkin5:37

    xG 0.08–0.61 (12%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jensen – DeKeyser20:06

    xG 0.55–0.67 (45%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Green13:57

    xG 0.42–1.13 (27%)attempts 12–21goals 1–1

  3. Kronwall – Cholowski13:23

    xG 0.17–1.00 (14%)attempts 5–16goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Zacha – Bratt10:21

    xG 0.87–0.06 (94%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Coleman – Seney – Anderson8:12

    xG 0.51–0.13 (80%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Noesen – Wood – Dea10:12

    xG 0.65–0.28 (70%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  4. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall13:24

    xG 0.61–0.42 (60%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson17:04

    xG 1.28–0.28 (82%)attempts 21–11goals 0–0

  2. Mueller – Yakovlev12:48

    xG 0.70–0.27 (72%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Mueller4:31

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 7–2goals 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 3.8 xGDET 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 65/100 · #443 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 72% 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).