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Thu, Mar 10, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Winnipeg Jets 2, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 75% of the time.

NJD winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1917014230
NJD11501108134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:22WPGBrenden DillonAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:27NJDJack HughesPPAssists: Jesper Bratt, Damon Severson · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:06WPGKyle ConnorGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:46WPGLogan Stanley: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 17:57WPGBrenden Dillon: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 2:59WPGDylan DeMelo: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 11:50NJDTy Smith: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 18:25NJDDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against McLeod
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNJD
30Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals4.3
49Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won17
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits10
13Blocked shots9
6Giveaways11
3Takeaways9

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestConnor – Svechnikov – Dubois11:53

    xG 0.82–0.73 (53%)attempts 10–19goals 1–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Ehlers9:27

    xG 0.72–0.63 (53%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele14:14

    xG 0.64–0.80 (44%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  4. Toninato – Harkins – Vesalainen6:17

    xG 0.08–0.61 (12%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. DeMelo – Morrissey19:36

    xG 1.07–1.13 (49%)attempts 21–18goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk13:07

    xG 0.57–1.07 (35%)attempts 11–20goals 1–0

  3. Schmidt – Stanley11:59

    xG 0.34–0.88 (28%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestGeertsen – Bastian – McLeod4:47

    xG 0.48–0.03 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Vesey – Johnsson – Boqvist8:43

    xG 0.84–0.43 (66%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer11:50

    xG 0.86–0.53 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Zacha – Bratt11:29

    xG 0.36–0.55 (39%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Smith13:06

    xG 1.35–0.58 (70%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Siegenthaler16:54

    xG 0.81–0.59 (58%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Graves16:53

    xG 0.62–1.10 (36%)attempts 11–22goals 0–2

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 4.3 xGWPG 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #1105 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 75% of the time.

NJD winsWPG wins

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

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