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Thu, Feb 13, 2020·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 1, New Jersey Devils 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 79% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0121509126
NJD04011411426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:34DETAndreas AthanasiouPPAssists: Anthony Mantha, Filip Hronek · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 5:10NJDAndy GreeneAssists: Pavel Zacha, Damon Severson · Slap, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:54NJDWayne SimmondsGWGAssists: Miles Wood, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:37NJDWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:10NJDJesper BrattAssists: P.K. Subban, Will Butcher · Snap, 0.02 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:52NJDDamon Severson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 3:22DETDarren Helm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 11:18NJDAndy Greene: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 2:59DETTyler Bertuzzi: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 5:49NJDMiles Wood: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 7:30DETMike Green: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 9:35DETGustav Lindstrom: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 11:49DETAlex Biega: Interference2 min
  9. P2 15:10NJDBlake Coleman: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  10. P3 7:51DETAlex Biega: Delaying game smothering puck2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
26Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals4.1
41Shot attempts56
34Faceoffs won17
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
15Hits25
12Blocked shots6
7Giveaways10
5Takeaways14

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Mantha – Larkin7:08

    xG 0.75–0.22 (77%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri3:42

    xG 0.14–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Glendening – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi3:19

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Abdelkader – Erne – Ehn5:24

    xG 0.30–0.33 (47%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Hronek12:22

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Daley – Biega10:59

    xG 0.46–0.52 (47%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Lindstrom13:18

    xG 0.71–0.80 (47%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Bratt – Hughes10:10

    xG 0.77–0.31 (71%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Hayden – Rooney – Anderson6:48

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Wood – Zacha8:16

    xG 0.39–0.49 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 2–0

  4. Zajac – Coleman – Gusev8:02

    xG 0.12–0.53 (19%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestButcher – Mueller2:03

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Carrick – Butcher3:28

    xG 0.18–0.02 (88%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Subban – Butcher7:24

    xG 0.32–0.21 (61%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

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 4.1 xGDET 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #613 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 79% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

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

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