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Mon, Dec 10, 2018·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

New Jersey Devils 2, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 81% of the time.

SJS winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD1911005224
SJS21128115534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:05NJDDrew StaffordAssists: Damon Severson, Andy Greene · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:51SJSTimo MeierAssists: Tomas Hertl · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:03SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Brenden Dillon, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:19SJSRadim SimekGWGAssists: Lukas Radil, Brent Burns · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:59NJDAndy GreeneAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:52SJSTimo MeierAssists: Joonas Donskoi · Snap, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 14:23SJSTomas HertlPPAssists: Kevin Labanc, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:39SJSLukas Radil: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 10:11NJDBrett Seney: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:35SJSJoonas Donskoi: Interference2 min
  4. P3 14:14NJDMiles Wood: Delaying game bench2 min · PPG

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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Kane
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDSJS
24Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals3.8
46Shot attempts64
22Faceoffs won38
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
14Hits13
14Blocked shots10
10Giveaways13
15Takeaways11

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 – Hischier13:15

    xG 0.74–0.33 (69%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Zajac – Coleman – Wood12:06

    xG 0.22–0.44 (33%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Stafford – Seney10:36

    xG 0.38–0.79 (32%)attempts 10–14goals 1–2

  4. Johansson – Zacha – Bratt9:18

    xG 0.29–1.17 (20%)attempts 4–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Butcher17:09

    xG 0.75–0.70 (52%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Yakovlev14:33

    xG 0.25–1.02 (20%)attempts 9–21goals 0–2

  3. Greene – Severson15:57

    xG 0.24–1.29 (16%)attempts 6–20goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Sorensen – Labanc9:14

    xG 0.98–0.19 (84%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Goodrow – Karlsson – Radil10:55

    xG 0.70–0.24 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  3. Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi12:56

    xG 0.55–0.24 (70%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Sorensen2:32

    xG 0.03–0.01 (82%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Karlsson4:11

    xG 0.79–0.08 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Simek15:03

    xG 0.82–0.25 (77%)attempts 20–8goals 3–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun16:10

    xG 0.87–0.58 (60%)attempts 15–14goals 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.

SJS 3.8 xGNJD 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #589 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 81% of the time.

SJS winsNJD wins

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

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