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Sun, Jan 24, 2021·Prudential Center, Newark

New York Islanders 0, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01006012028
NJD2120804224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:00NJDJack HughesPPGWGAssists: Ty Smith, Kyle Palmieri · Slap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:00NJDPavel ZachaAssists: Nikita Gusev, Ty Smith · Snap, 0.30 xG0–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:11NJDDamon Severson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:23NYIScott Mayfield: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:31NYIRoss Johnston: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P3 14:11NJDJanne Kuokkanen: Hooking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Hughes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINJD
28Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals3.1
46Shot attempts46
36Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits12
9Blocked shots6
5Giveaways7
5Takeaways11

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Barzal12:41

    xG 0.91–0.74 (55%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Cizikas – Pageau – Johnston2:03

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier3:22

    xG 0.16–0.10 (61%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Pageau – Johnston – Dal Colle4:47

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Dobson3:01

    xG 0.44–0.03 (94%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Pulock3:19

    xG 0.16–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech3:09

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Sharangovich – Hughes11:23

    xG 0.58–0.10 (86%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Wood – Kuokkanen13:08

    xG 1.08–0.62 (63%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Johnsson – Bastian – McLeod8:21

    xG 0.01–0.16 (7%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Gusev – Zacha – Merkley9:12

    xG 0.47–0.69 (40%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Severson15:42

    xG 1.20–0.17 (88%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Tennyson2:51

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Tennyson – Smith7:10

    xG 0.26–0.30 (47%)attempts 6–9goals 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 3.1 xGNYI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #862 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NJD 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 54% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

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

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