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Tue, Nov 1, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New Jersey Devils 5, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 71% of the time.

VAN winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD27216114537
VAN0101914223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:36NJDNico HischierPPAssists: Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:04NJDMichael McLeodAssists: Miles Wood, Nathan Bastian · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:25NJDDawson MercerSHGWGAssists: Yegor Sharangovich · Tip-in, 0.21 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:37NJDYegor SharangovichAssists: Jesper Boqvist, John Marino · Tip-in, 0.05 xG4–0
  5. P2 16:23VANBo HorvatPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Slap, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:12VANBo HorvatPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson · Slap, 0.20 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:58NJDJack HughesENAssists: Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.49 xG5–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:28VANTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:30NJDDamon Severson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 7:29VANLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 7:29NJDMiles Wood: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 7:29NJDMiles Wood: Instigator2 min
  6. P2 7:29VANLuke Schenn: Aggressor10 min
  7. P2 7:29NJDMiles Wood: Instigator misconduct10 min
  8. P2 7:29VANDakota Joshua: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P2 16:15NJDBrendan Smith: Interference2 min · PPG
  10. P2 17:24NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Interference2 min
  11. P3 16:26NJDRyan Graves: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← NJD attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDVAN
37Shots on goal23
4.0Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won22
1Power plays5
25Penalty minutes27
14Hits22
17Blocked shots11
3Giveaways5
7Takeaways12

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. bestWood – Bastian – McLeod7:44

    xG 0.47–0.19 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Boqvist – Sharangovich – Mercer8:48

    xG 0.39–0.35 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Haula – Bratt – Hughes10:41

    xG 0.49–0.46 (52%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Hischier – Zetterlund10:53

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Severson14:13

    xG 0.73–0.54 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Graves – Marino14:02

    xG 0.54–0.38 (59%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Siegenthaler16:17

    xG 0.57–0.79 (42%)attempts 20–18goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko13:54

    xG 0.88–0.38 (70%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  2. Miller – Horvat – Garland12:20

    xG 0.65–0.52 (55%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Pearson – Hoglander – Aman2:40

    xG 0.16–0.17 (48%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Podkolzin – Aman4:27

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Stillman2:08

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson13:14

    xG 0.77–0.76 (50%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – Hughes8:56

    xG 0.24–0.29 (46%)attempts 4–10goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGNJD 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #544 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50VAN 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, New Jersey Devils win this game 71% of the time.

VAN winsNJD wins

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

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