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Thu, Feb 14, 2019·United Center, Chicago

New Jersey Devils 2, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 74% of the time.

CHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD214010019243
CHI11321528536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:14NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Brett Seney · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:42NJDTravis ZajacPPAssists: Marcus Johansson, Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:17CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Dylan Sikura, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:20CHIDrake CaggiulaAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:12CHIJonathan ToewsGWGAssists: Slater Koekkoek, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:36CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Brandon Saad · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:15CHIBrandon SaadSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.29 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:31NJDNico Hischier: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:31CHIBrent Seabrook: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:46NJDTravis Zajac: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:57NJDKevin Rooney: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 4:26CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 14:54CHIMarcus Kruger: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCHI
43Shots on goal36
4.6Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts63
30Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits30
21Blocked shots13
9Giveaways11
9Takeaways10

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. bestAnderson – Bratt – Hischier5:28

    xG 0.85–0.06 (94%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier4:39

    xG 0.71–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Seney – Rooney9:02

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Johansson – Zacha – Lappin2:40

    xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Butcher2:26

    xG 0.71–0.06 (92%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Mueller11:46

    xG 0.84–0.42 (66%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  3. Butcher – Santini13:33

    xG 0.70–0.34 (68%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Saad – Sikura9:01

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Kunitz – Kruger – Hayden5:14

    xG 0.45–0.51 (47%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  3. Toews – Kane – Caggiula13:07

    xG 0.36–1.12 (25%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

  4. Strome – DeBrincat – Kahun13:06

    xG 0.53–1.48 (26%)attempts 10–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKoekkoek – Gustafsson9:55

    xG 0.95–0.39 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 2–1

  2. Keith – Gustafsson2:38

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Murphy2:02

    xG 0.16–0.14 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

CHI 2.9 xGNJD 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #383 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 74% of the time.

CHI winsNJD wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).