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Tue, Oct 25, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New Jersey Devils 6, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 56% of the time.

DET winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD215215211641
DET150819222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:56DETDylan LarkinAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Adam Erne · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:25NJDDawson MercerAssists: John Marino, Ryan Graves · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:16NJDJack HughesAssists: Erik Haula, Jesper Bratt · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:43NJDJesper BrattPPGWGAssists: Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:54NJDYegor SharangovichSHAssists: Ryan Graves · Snap, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:17DETDominik KubalikAssists: Robert Hagg, Michael Rasmussen · Snap, 0.14 xG4–2
  7. P3 15:38NJDNico HischierAssists: Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–2
  8. P3 16:27NJDJesper BrattAssists: Michael McLeod, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.04 xG6–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 0:35DETRobert Hagg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:41NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 19:27NJDAlexander Holtz: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:37NJDDamon Severson: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← NJD attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Haula won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDDET
41Shots on goal22
2.2Expected goals1.9
63Shot attempts44
34Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
16Hits29
13Blocked shots12
13Giveaways16
2Takeaways3

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 – Hischier – Zetterlund11:27

    xG 0.86–0.25 (77%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Haula – Bratt – Hughes11:37

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 12–9goals 2–1

  3. Wood – Bastian – McLeod10:36

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Sharangovich – Mercer – Holtz9:30

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Severson13:48

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Graves – Marino16:29

    xG 0.65–0.34 (65%)attempts 21–12goals 2–0

  3. Hamilton – Siegenthaler18:45

    xG 0.63–0.69 (48%)attempts 19–15goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Copp – Zadina7:03

    xG 0.31–0.09 (77%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Kubalik – Rasmussen2:33

    xG 0.27–0.13 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 1–1

  3. Sundqvist – Suter – Zadina3:01

    xG 0.10–0.08 (56%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Erne – Veleno – Soderblom3:38

    xG 0.08–0.13 (40%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Maatta2:13

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Hagg – Lindstrom14:23

    xG 0.51–0.55 (48%)attempts 13–16goals 1–2

  3. Maatta – Hronek17:37

    xG 0.36–0.69 (34%)attempts 7–21goals 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.

DET 1.9 xGNJD 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #724 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 56% of the time.

DET winsNJD wins

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

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