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Fri, Oct 4, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Winnipeg Jets 5, New Jersey Devils 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 81% of the time.

NJD winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG0411538032530
NJD17319012011439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:00NJDNikita GusevAssists: Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.29 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:42NJDBlake ColemanAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Travis Zajac · Snap, 0.25 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:34NJDSami VatanenAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:52NJDBlake ColemanAssists: P.K. Subban, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P2 19:49WPGDmitry KulikovAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:41WPGJack RoslovicAssists: Neal Pionk, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:17WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Andrew Copp, Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 12:35WPGNeal PionkAssists: Mark Scheifele, Ville Heinola · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Nikita Gusev scored
  2. 2. WPG Kyle Connor scored
  3. 3. NJD Jack Hughes stopped
  4. 4. WPG Patrik Laine stopped
  5. 5. NJD Taylor Hall stopped
  6. 6. WPG Mark Scheifele stopped
  7. 7. NJD Kyle Palmieri stopped
  8. 8. WPG Blake Wheeler scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:17NJDTravis Zajac: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:26WPGMathieu Perreault: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 14:36NJDMiles Wood: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 16:59WPGAndrew Copp: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Letestu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNJD
30Shots on goal39
2.3Expected goals4.5
50Shot attempts61
27Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
13Hits21
6Blocked shots8
3Giveaways12
5Takeaways8

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Roslovic – Appleton7:00

    xG 0.37–0.25 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Letestu – Bourque – Lowry9:54

    xG 0.31–0.40 (43%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Copp – Connor – Laine12:48

    xG 0.42–0.59 (42%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers14:44

    xG 0.50–1.44 (26%)attempts 10–11goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. Kulikov – Morrissey18:21

    xG 1.03–1.28 (45%)attempts 14–19goals 1–1

  2. Bitetto – Poolman10:05

    xG 0.25–0.51 (33%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  3. Pionk – Heinola18:23

    xG 0.28–1.16 (19%)attempts 8–16goals 2–2

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Simmonds – Coleman11:05

    xG 0.80–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  2. Wood – Zacha – Bratt2:55

    xG 0.32–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Simmonds – Wood2:23

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Gusev – Bratt – Hughes6:05

    xG 0.26–0.21 (55%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Subban14:51

    xG 1.57–0.54 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Vatanen – Mueller2:10

    xG 0.36–0.03 (93%)attempts 4–2goals 2–0

  3. Vatanen – Butcher15:32

    xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 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 4.5 xGWPG 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #119 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 7 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 81% of the time.

NJD winsWPG wins

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

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