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Thu, Jan 13, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

New Jersey Devils 2, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

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

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD11406112232
NYI1141516325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:43NJDYegor SharangovichAssists: P.K. Subban, Colton White · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:59NYIJosh BaileyPPAssists: Zach Parise, Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:22NYIAdam PelechAssists: Kieffer Bellows, Zach Parise · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:25NJDNathan BastianPPAssists: Ty Smith, Nico Hischier · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:07NYIMathew BarzalGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Scott Mayfield · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:12NYIRoss Johnston: Illegal check to head2 min
  2. P1 13:41NJDRyan Graves: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:19NYIBrock Nelson: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:07NJDColton White: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:08NJDJonas Siegenthaler: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 13:19NYIAdam Pelech: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 5:20NJDNathan Bastian: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 7:47NYIAdam Pelech: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 10:08NYIBrock Nelson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 13:27NYIRoss Johnston: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 13:27NJDNathan Bastian: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← NJD attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McLeod won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
32Shots on goal25
3.7Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won21
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
16Hits27
13Blocked shots13
8Giveaways11
4Takeaways6

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 – Sharangovich – Hughes8:15

    xG 1.03–0.43 (71%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  2. Vesey – Zacha – Hischier8:17

    xG 0.73–0.51 (59%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Greer – Bastian – McLeod6:04

    xG 0.02–0.29 (5%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Johnsson – Boqvist – Mercer8:37

    xG 0.18–0.81 (18%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Jaros2:57

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Subban – Smith3:02

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Jaros – Smith8:07

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Lee – Barzal8:59

    xG 0.91–0.59 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston7:55

    xG 0.28–0.24 (54%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Nelson – Beauvillier – Wahlstrom9:04

    xG 0.30–0.35 (46%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  4. Parise – Czarnik – Bellows8:15

    xG 0.13–0.35 (27%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pelech11:11

    xG 0.71–0.26 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Greene – Dobson2:39

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Pelech2:12

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

NYI 3.4 xGNJD 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #619 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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.

NYI winsNJD wins

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

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