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Mon, Jan 27, 2020·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New Jersey Devils 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 69% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD113116120042453
OTT112012211030338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:23NJDDamon SeversonPPAssists: Jesper Bratt, Nikita Gusev · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:42OTTTyler EnnisPPAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:28NJDKevin RooneyAssists: Andy Greene, Mirco Mueller · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:06OTTVladislav NamestnikovSHAssists: Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:41OTTChris TierneySHAssists: Connor Brown, Dylan DeMelo · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:39NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Anthony Duclair stopped
  2. 2. NJD Nikita Gusev scored
  3. 3. OTT Drake Batherson stopped
  4. 4. NJD Jack Hughes scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:14OTTConnor Brown: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:40NJDKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:13NJDMirco Mueller: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:57NJDP.K. Subban: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:57OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:00OTTMike Reilly: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:21OTTArtem Anisimov: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:28OTTBrady Tkachuk: High sticking2 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 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Tkachuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDOTT
53Shots on goal38
4.6Expected goals3.4
82Shot attempts84
40Faceoffs won37
5Power plays2
9Penalty minutes15
27Hits23
29Blocked shots11
13Giveaways18
8Takeaways9

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 – Bratt – Hischier12:07

    xG 0.69–0.18 (79%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Zajac – Coleman – Gusev12:45

    xG 0.64–0.28 (70%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Zacha – Hughes7:46

    xG 0.78–0.47 (63%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  4. Hayden – Wood – Rooney7:02

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Mueller3:34

    xG 0.44–0.08 (85%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Butcher – Mueller6:47

    xG 0.33–0.02 (94%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Vatanen – Severson13:10

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 11–21goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPageau – Duclair – Tkachuk7:11

    xG 0.89–0.36 (71%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. White – Batherson – Tkachuk2:37

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Boedker – Chlapik3:26

    xG 0.04–0.06 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – White – Batherson7:11

    xG 0.30–0.55 (36%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Zaitsev11:10

    xG 0.68–0.46 (59%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. DeMelo – Reilly13:57

    xG 0.49–0.75 (40%)attempts 24–17goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Chabot16:28

    xG 0.49–0.78 (39%)attempts 19–19goals 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.

OTT 3.4 xGNJD 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #89 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.59 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 69% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

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

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