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Sat, Mar 12, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Anaheim Ducks 1, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 63% of the time.

NJD winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA1809015020134
NJD015111011032240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:02ANATroy TerryAssists: Maxime Comtois, Josh Manson · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:39NJDTomas TatarAssists: Jesper Boqvist · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Tomas Tatar scored
  2. 2. ANA Trevor Zegras stopped
  3. 3. NJD Jesper Bratt scored
  4. 4. ANA Troy Terry stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 10:41ANABuddy Robinson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:11ANASonny Milano: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 2:16NJDTy Smith: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 5:38NJDJimmy Vesey: Slashing2 min
  5. OT 4:14ANACam Fowler: Slashing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANJD
34Shots on goal40
2.9Expected goals3.7
57Shot attempts76
31Faceoffs won21
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits17
16Blocked shots14
8Giveaways16
8Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Terry – Comtois10:17

    xG 0.85–0.50 (63%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Rakell – Comtois4:13

    xG 0.18–0.09 (67%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Rakell – Milano – Zegras8:27

    xG 0.41–0.42 (49%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Carrick – Robinson6:36

    xG 0.31–0.33 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson14:28

    xG 0.90–0.73 (55%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Sustr15:57

    xG 0.49–0.55 (47%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Mahura2:11

    xG 0.03–0.11 (21%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestVesey – Zacha – Mercer7:44

    xG 0.68–0.39 (63%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer4:01

    xG 0.40–0.20 (67%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  3. Tatar – Johnsson – Boqvist5:53

    xG 0.28–0.13 (69%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  4. Vesey – Johnsson – Boqvist5:03

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Smith12:44

    xG 0.71–0.51 (58%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Smith2:06

    xG 0.11–0.01 (93%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Siegenthaler13:36

    xG 0.60–0.55 (52%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

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 3.7 xGANA 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #938 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 63% of the time.

NJD winsANA wins

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

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