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Tue, Nov 2, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

New Jersey Devils 0, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD01101007028
ANA17110210427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:05ANARyan GetzlafPPGWGAssists: Cam Fowler, Vinni Lettieri · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:48ANATroy TerryPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Kevin Shattenkirk · Slap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:38ANATroy TerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:19ANAIsac LundeströmSHAssists: Derek Grant · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 8:54ANATroy Terry: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:45NJDDougie Hamilton: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:03NJDTomas Tatar: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:00NJDNico Hischier: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:29ANASam Steel: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:41NJDAndreas Johnsson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 13:46ANAJamie Drysdale: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 18:18NJDJanne Kuokkanen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 4:20ANATrevor Zegras: Holding2 min
  10. P3 6:29ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 10:40NJDTy Smith: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 16:27NJDPavel Zacha: Roughing2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← NJD attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDANA
28Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals2.2
52Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won24
5Power plays7
14Penalty minutes10
13Hits18
18Blocked shots14
8Giveaways13
6Takeaways3

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. bestTatar – Zacha – Hischier8:54

    xG 0.51–0.22 (70%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  2. Johnsson – Bratt – Mercer8:14

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Vesey – McLeod – Kuokkanen2:13

    xG 0.04–0.04 (51%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Gauthier – McLeod – Studenic3:14

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Smith7:30

    xG 0.52–0.08 (87%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Siegenthaler2:27

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Graves6:17

    xG 0.37–0.19 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSteel – Lettieri – Lundeström6:33

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Henrique – Terry7:58

    xG 0.46–0.53 (46%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Deslauriers – Milano – Zegras7:32

    xG 0.22–0.29 (42%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Carrick – Groulx6:29

    xG 0.06–0.17 (28%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Mahura9:02

    xG 0.28–0.06 (82%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Mahura2:37

    xG 0.01–0.05 (16%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Drysdale10:45

    xG 0.40–0.55 (42%)attempts 17–10goals 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.

ANA 2.2 xGNJD 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1248 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).