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Sun, Apr 24, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 3, New Jersey Devils 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 75% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET170928324
NJD040508017

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:48DETOskar SundqvistGWGAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi · Snap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:51DETTyler BertuzziENAssists: Oskar Sundqvist, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.66 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:47DETMichael RasmussenENAssists: Adam Erne · Backhand, 0.69 xG3–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:28NJDMichael McLeod: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 5:53DETJakub Vrana: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:00DETJakub Vrana: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:21NJDPavel Zacha: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 9:48NJDNathan Bastian: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
24Shots on goal17
4.4Expected goals2.7
43Shot attempts38
23Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
14Hits17
5Blocked shots9
8Giveaways6
5Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Vrana – Suter6:46

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Erne – Rasmussen2:17

    xG 0.23–0.10 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Vrana – Veleno – Raymond2:17

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Veleno – Raymond7:26

    xG 0.10–0.05 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJuolevi – Seider3:54

    xG 0.46–0.06 (89%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. DeKeyser – Seider7:51

    xG 0.75–0.53 (58%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. DeKeyser – Hronek2:06

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBratt – Sharangovich – Mercer7:19

    xG 0.80–0.16 (83%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Sharangovich – Mercer2:48

    xG 0.13–0.11 (53%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Zacha – Kuokkanen – Foote6:58

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Johnsson – Boqvist6:56

    xG 0.10–0.48 (17%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Bahl3:34

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Subban – Smith5:02

    xG 0.72–0.24 (75%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Smith5:55

    xG 0.36–0.18 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 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 2.7 xGDET 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1193 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 75% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

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

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