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Mon, Nov 26, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

New Jersey Devils 3, Florida Panthers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 77% of the time.

FLA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD0132121700332
FLA0102141911434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:23NJDMiles WoodAssists: Sami Vatanen, Egor Yakovlev · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:01NJDBlake ColemanSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:31FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:43FLAJared McCannAssists: MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:27NJDJesper BrattAssists: Sami Vatanen, Taylor Hall · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:31FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Evgenii Dadonov · Backhand, 0.25 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:28FLAMike HoffmanGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:31FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:00NJDStefan Noesen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:35NJDMiles Wood: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:49NJDTravis Zajac: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:37NJDEgor Yakovlev: Holding2 min
  6. P3 3:34FLAMike Matheson: Tripping2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McCann won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDFLA
32Shots on goal34
2.1Expected goals3.8
58Shot attempts59
34Faceoffs won37
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
17Hits24
12Blocked shots14
13Giveaways19
10Takeaways8

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. bestHall – Bratt – Hischier9:45

    xG 0.90–0.39 (70%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Boyle – Dea – Seney4:19

    xG 0.08–0.08 (50%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Wood – Zacha7:04

    xG 0.15–0.17 (46%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  4. Zajac – Coleman – Dea2:28

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Butcher8:46

    xG 0.39–0.08 (83%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Butcher4:43

    xG 0.03–0.07 (31%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  3. Greene – Severson13:52

    xG 0.18–0.44 (30%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Hoffman – Barkov12:38

    xG 0.75–0.23 (77%)attempts 19–6goals 0–1

  2. Brouwer – McCann – Hunt7:11

    xG 0.23–0.04 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Haley – Lammikko4:32

    xG 0.14–0.16 (48%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Huberdeau – Vatrano5:51

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Kiselevich13:44

    xG 0.33–0.12 (74%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Pysyk13:59

    xG 0.77–0.70 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Matheson – Ekblad15:44

    xG 0.44–0.47 (48%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

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.

FLA 3.8 xGNJD 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #99 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.45 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 77% of the time.

FLA winsNJD wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).