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Fri, Nov 8, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New Jersey Devils 0, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 55% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0801209029
EDM05316111432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:55EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Joel Persson · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:45EDMGaetan HaasAssists: Matt Benning, Kris Russell · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:51EDMJames NealAssists: Alex Chiasson, Joel Persson · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:02EDMAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:25NJDJack Hughes: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:20EDMDarnell Nurse: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:20EDMOscar Klefbom: Closing hand on puck2 min
  4. P2 13:13NJDP.K. Subban: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 2:40EDMGaetan Haas: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 5:21NJDBlake Coleman: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:38EDMAlex Chiasson: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDEDM
29Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts59
23Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
18Hits16
20Blocked shots10
8Giveaways9
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. bestPalmieri – Hall – Hischier7:27

    xG 0.65–0.15 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Coleman – Gusev – Zacha5:31

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Simmonds – Wood9:01

    xG 0.47–0.28 (62%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

  4. Palmieri – Hall – Hughes2:15

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Mueller4:50

    xG 0.81–0.28 (74%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Greene – Subban5:19

    xG 0.51–0.08 (87%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Subban – Butcher7:45

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Draisaitl – McDavid13:21

    xG 0.79–0.69 (53%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins10:10

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Granlund – Russell – Haas7:14

    xG 0.28–0.37 (43%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  4. Sheahan – Archibald – Khaira10:09

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Klefbom – Persson14:36

    xG 0.45–0.64 (42%)attempts 10–16goals 2–0

  2. Russell – Benning13:58

    xG 0.35–0.65 (35%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Nurse – Bear14:54

    xG 0.43–1.01 (30%)attempts 18–22goals 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.

EDM 2.5 xGNJD 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #998 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 55% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

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

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