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Sun, Dec 9, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

New Jersey Devils 5, Anaheim Ducks 6 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD31511019010535
ANA31301029062638

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:38NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Egor Yakovlev · Tip-in, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:12ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Josh Manson, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 2:47ANAKiefer SherwoodAssists: Carter Rowney, Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P1 10:49NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P1 13:08NJDDamon SeversonPPAssists: Marcus Johansson, Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P1 13:39ANABrandon MontourAssists: Ondrej Kase, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P2 9:00NJDBrett SeneyAssists: Jesper Bratt · Wrist, 0.26 xG4–3
  8. P3 8:35ANAPontus AbergAssists: Ondrej Kase, Ryan Getzlaf · Backhand, 0.01 xG4–4
  9. P3 13:58ANAOndrej KaseUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:02NJDMarcus JohanssonAssists: Nico Hischier, Brian Boyle · Wrist, 0.34 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Pontus Aberg stopped
  2. 2. NJD Kyle Palmieri stopped
  3. 3. ANA Daniel Sprong scored
  4. 4. NJD Taylor Hall stopped
  5. 5. ANA Ryan Getzlaf scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:46ANABrandon Montour: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:35ANAJacob Larsson: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 14:55ANAHampus Lindholm: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 11:51NJDDamon Severson: 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDANA
35Shots on goal38
3.6Expected goals3.5
63Shot attempts67
24Faceoffs won36
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
28Hits31
15Blocked shots13
16Giveaways18
7Takeaways10

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. Coleman – Wood – Zacha2:44

    xG 0.09–0.06 (60%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier13:26

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  3. Zajac – Coleman – Wood11:53

    xG 0.48–0.53 (48%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Johansson – Zacha – Bratt7:59

    xG 0.13–0.48 (21%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Lovejoy – Yakovlev10:55

    xG 0.50–0.55 (47%)attempts 13–10goals 1–2

  2. Greene – Severson16:17

    xG 0.37–0.49 (43%)attempts 13–20goals 0–1

  3. Vatanen – Butcher18:33

    xG 0.81–1.03 (44%)attempts 16–22goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg12:04

    xG 0.52–0.34 (60%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Ritchie – Sprong13:05

    xG 0.64–0.46 (58%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Aberg – Kase12:24

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  4. Gibbons – Rowney – Sherwood7:02

    xG 0.38–0.51 (43%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Montour17:28

    xG 1.04–0.41 (72%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Mahura4:07

    xG 0.23–0.14 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Larsson13:24

    xG 0.37–0.34 (52%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

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.

ANA 3.5 xGNJD 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 99/100 · #22 of 1271 this seasonSwing 3.38 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 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 52% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

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

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